Keralam Polity Polity & Governance

Kerala is on its sixteenth Legislative Assembly, and the sittings record that stands

Background

The Assembly now summoned for a fresh session is the Sixteenth Kerala Legislative Assembly, and the House keeps its own record of every Assembly before it. That record lists sixteen Assemblies in all, from the First to the Sixteenth. For each one it gives the day it was constituted, the day it first met, the day it was dissolved, and how many sessions and sittings it held. The Fourth Assembly ran the longest of the completed ones and holds the highest number of sittings at 322. The Eighth Assembly comes next with 312 sittings, and the Second had 300. The Fourteenth Assembly holds the record for sessions, with 22. The Fifteenth Assembly held 16 sessions and 204 sittings before it was dissolved, and the Sixteenth then took its place. A dissolution ends an Assembly, and a fresh general election brings in the next one in the series.

Assemblies so far: Sixteen Most sittings: Fourth Assembly, 322 Most sessions: Fourteenth Assembly, 22

Why it matters for exams: Kerala has had sixteen Legislative Assemblies, the Fourth holds the highest number of sittings at 322 and the Fourteenth the highest number of sessions at 22 — the count of Assemblies and these records are durable Polity facts.

Kerala PSCUPSC

13 November 2026 Source: Kerala Legislative Assembly, Duration of Assemblies

In plain words

Sitting Sitting — One day on which the House meets; a session is made up of several sittings.