| The Assembly that had the longest tenure | Fourth Kerala Legislative Assembly (1970-77) | |
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The Assembly that had the shortest tenure |
Sixth Kerala Legislative Assembly (1980-82) |
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The Longest serving Member of the Assembly |
K. R. Gouri Amma |
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The Member who served for the shortest term |
C. Haridas (Ten days in February, 1980) |
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| The Member who got the highest margin of votes | P. Jayarajan, (45, 865 votes in the bye-election of 2005) | |
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The Member who got the lowest margin of votes |
A. A. Azeez (5 votes in 2001 as per court verdict) |
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The Cabinet that had the longest tenure |
C. Achutha Menon Ministry (1970-77) |
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The Cabinet that had the shortest tenure |
K. Karunakaran Ministry (March- April 1977) |
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The Chief Minister who served for the longest period |
E. K. Nayanar |
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| The Chief Minister who served for the shortest period | C. H. Mohammed Koya (October- November, 1979) | |
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The Minister who served for the longest period. |
K. M. Mani |
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The Minister who served for the shortest period |
M. P. Veerendra Kumar (April 1987- five days) |
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The Speaker who served for the longest period |
Vakkom B. Purushothaman |
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The Speaker who could complete a full term |
M. Vijayakumar |
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The Speaker who served for the shortest period |
A. C. Jose (February – June 1982) |
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The Member who served in the maximum number of Assemblies |
K. R. Gouri (12 Assemblies since 1952). |
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The Member who has been elected from the same constituency for the maximum number of times |
K. M. Mani (Ten times since 1965 from Palai Constituency) | |
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The Finance Minister who presented the maximum number of Budgets |
K. M. Mani (Eight
Budgets) |
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| The (only) member who has been elected to the Assembly unopposed | M. Umesh Rao from Manjeswar in 1957 | |
| The eldest Member to serve in the Assembly | K. R. Gouri Amma (turned 86 on July 14, 2005) | |
| The youngest Member to enter
into the portals of the House |
R. Balakrishna Pillai at the age of 25 in 1960 |
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The Anglo-Indian Member who served for the longest period |
Stephen Padua |
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The longest session |
The First session
in 1959 of First Kerala Legislative Assembly - 72 days |
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The shortest Sessions |
(1) Tenth Session
of the Ninth KLA- one day (May 26, 1994). (2) Ninth Session of the Eleventh KLA- one day (September 16, 2004) (3) Tenth Session of the Eleventh KLA - one day (December 1, 2004) (4) Thirteenth Session of the Eleventh KLA- one day (November 21, 2005) |
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The longest sitting |
The sitting held on December 12, 1987 during the Third Session of the Eighth Kerala Legislative Assembly - it commenced at 8.30 am on December 12 and continued up to 4.35 AM on December 13. | |
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The shortest sitting |
The sitting held on October 8, 1979 two minutes. |
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| The year in which, though
elections were held, the Assembly could not formally be constituted |
1965 |
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| Ministry which served the longest term | C.Achutha Menon Ministry (1970-77) | |
| Ministry which served the shortest term | K.Karunakaran Ministry (March 25- April 25, 1977) | |
| Minister who has served for the longest period | K. M. Mani | |
| Minister who has served for the shortest period | M. P. Veerendra Kumar (two
days) |
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| Minister who was not a Member of the House and never faced the Assembly | K. Muraleedharan (son of K. Karunakaran). | |
Updates: Kerala Congress leader K. M. Mani became the
longest serving member of the Assembly on July 13, 2010,
surpassing the record of K. R. Gouri-- 15544 days. (Gouri had a
1130 days' tenure as legislator in the Travancore-Cochin Assembly
which is not included.)
Mani has been winning from the Palai Assembly constituency continuously (13 times with victory in 2016) since the formation of the constituency in 1964. The borders of the constituency have changed for the 2011 elections following fresh delimitation.
Eight-seven year old Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan became
the eldest member to serve the Assembly on August 18, 2010, again
breaking the record of K. R. Gouri who was 87 years old when the
tenure of 11th Kerala Legilsative Assembly, to which she was a
member, ended on May 12, 2006.
K. Radhakrishnan became the second Speaker to complete the full
term in 2011.
Longest Budget Speech: Finance Minister Dr, Thomas Isaac set a
record on 15-1-2021 by taking 3.18 hours for his speech presenting
the Budget for 2021-22.
Tailpiece: M. Umesh Rao (independent) was the first
candidate to be elected to the Kerala Assembly, having been
elected unopposed from Manjeswaram to the First Kerala Assembly in
1957. He still holds the record of being the only member to be
elected unopposed to the Assembly. Officially, Rosamma Punnoose
was the first member to be sworn in. She took the oath as pro-tem
Speaker on April 10, 1957.