Thiruvananthapuram | Pro-tem Speaker G Sudhakaran on Thursday administered the oath of office to the newly elected MLAs of the 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly.
The swearing-in was carried out in alphabetical order, starting with IUML MLA V E Abdul Gafoor who won from the Kalamassery assembly seat.
Chief Minister V D Satheesan was at the 105th number to be sworn in, while Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vijayan was at the 133rd number in the list.
The last person to be sworn-in would be Xavier Chitilappilly, the CPI(M) MLA elected from the Wadakkanchery assembly constituency.
The Congress-led UDF won 102 of the 140 seats, while the LDF got 35 and the BJP got 3.
The swearing-in of Chief Minister V D Satheesan and the 21-member Cabinet, including him, was held on May 18.
