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The 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly commenced with Pro-tem Speaker G Sudhakaran administering oaths to newly elected MLAs. Several legislators chose solemn affirmation over religious oath-taking, while members also took oath in multiple languages including Malayalam, Tamil, English and Kannada-Malayalam

The victory of Rajesh was a foregone conclusion as the ruling CPI-M led Left has a strength of 99 legislators in the 140-member assembly.

She was a State Minister for 16 years in six cabinets of both the Communists and the Congress.