12th Kerala Assembly

Kerala State Legislative Assembly

കേരള നിയമസഭ

Niyamasabha
12th Assembly
Type
Type
History
Preceded by11th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Succeeded by13th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Speaker of the Assembly
K. Radhakrishnan, LDF
since 2006
Structure
Seats140 (139 elected and 1 nominated)
Political groups
LDF
UDF
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
2006
Meeting place
Niyamasabha Mandiram, Thiruvananthapuram
Website
http://www.niyamasabha.org/

The Kerala Legislative Assembly(ml:കേരള നിയമസഭ) more popularly known as Niyamasabha (meaning- hall of laws in Malayalam), is the law making body of Kerala, one of the 28 States in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives and one nominated member from the Anglo-Indian community. Each elected member represents one of the 140 constituencies within the borders of Kerala and is referred to as Member of Legislative Assembly.