Veteran Congress leader and former Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan has been elected as the Speaker of the 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly. Thiruvanchoor won 101 votes, while AC Moideen of the Opposition LDF and BB Gopakumar of BJP-led NDA won 35 and 3 votes, respectively. The 76-year-old is an eight-time MLA and the senior-most Congress legislator in the current Assembly.