List of leaders of the opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly

Leader of Opposition of Kerala
Seal of the Government of Kerala
Incumbent V. D. Satheesan since 22 May 2021
Style	The Honourable
Status	Leader of Opposition
Member of	Kerala Legislature
Residence	Cantonment House, Thiruvananthapuram
Seat	Kerala Niyamasabha
Appointer	Governor of Kerala
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	P. T. Chacko (1957–1959)
Formation	5 April 1957; 64 years ago (1957-04-05)

The post of Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly has been held by 10 politicians since the Assembly was established in 1957. All have belonged to either the Indian National Congress, the Communist Party of India or the Communist Party of India (Marxist). The current Leader of the Opposition is V. D. Satheesan.

List of Opposition Leaders of Kerala[]

Key

  INC     CPI     CPI(M)     INC(I)  

SL No.	Name	Portrait	Party		Term of office		Chief Minister
					From	To
1	P. T. Chacko		Indian National Congress		5 April 1957	31 July 1959	E. M. S. Namboodiripad
2	E. M. S. Namboodiripad		Communist Party of India		22 February 1960	26 September 1962	Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
					26 September 1962	10 September 1964	R. Sankar
3	K. Karunakaran		Indian National Congress		6 March 1967	1 November 1969	E. M. S. Namboodiripad
(2)	E. M. S. Namboodiripad		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		1 November 1969	1 August 1970	C. Achutha Menon
					4 October 1970	25 March 1977
					25 March 1977	25 April 1977	K. Karunakaran
					25 April 1977	27 October 1978	A. K. Antony
(3)	K. Karunakaran		Indian National Congress		29 October 1978	7 October 1979	P. K. Vasudevan Nair
4	T. K. Ramakrishnan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		13 August 1979	11 October 1979	C. H. Mohammed Koya
5	P. K. Vasudevan Nair		Communist Party of India		October 1979	November 1979
(3)	K. Karunakaran		Indian National Congress (I)		25 January 1980	20 October 1981	E. K. Nayanar
6	E. K. Nayanar		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		28 December 1981	17 March 1982	K. Karunakaran
					24 May 1982	25 March 1987
(3)	K. Karunakaran		Indian National Congress		26 March 1987	17 June 1991	E. K. Nayanar
(6)	E. K. Nayanar		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		1991	1992	K. Karunakaran
7	V. S. Achutanandan				1992	16 March 1995
					16 March 1995	9 May 1996	A. K. Antony
8	A. K. Antony		Indian National Congress		20 May 1996	13 May 2001	E. K. Nayanar
(7)	V. S. Achutanandan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		17 May 2001	29 August 2004	A. K. Antony
					31 August 2004	12 May 2006	Oommen Chandy
9	Oommen Chandy		Indian National Congress		18 May 2006	14 May 2011	V. S. Achutanandan
(7)	V. S. Achutanandan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		18 May 2011	20 May 2016	Oommen Chandy
10	Ramesh Chennithala		Indian National Congress		25 May 2016	20 May 2021	Pinarayi Vijayan
11	V. D. Satheesan				22 May 2021	Incumbent

See also[]

• Kerala Council of Ministers
• Deputy Chief Ministers of Kerala
• Chief Ministers of Kerala

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