Thiruvenanthapuram: Legislature of Congress and Deputy Speaker of Kerala Assembly N. Sakthan had been elected as Speaker on Thursday after defeating CPI (M) candidate Ayesha Potti.
After the death of the incumbent speaker G Karthikeyan last week, elections had become necessary.
The Kerala Congress (B) had a legislator in the Assembly. He had left the Congress-led United Democratic Front on the eve of the election. But that did not affect the prospects of the Congress candidate. Sakthan got 74 votes in the 14-strong assembly.
Sakthan has a powerful segment in Southern Kerala, particularly Thiruvananthapuram district.
Bureau Report
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