Chandy Oommen was sworn in as the legislator representing the Puthuppally constituency in the Legislative Assembly on September 11.
37-year-old Chandy Oommen, a first-time MLA, succeeded his late father and former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy by retaining the Congress bastion with a landslide victory in the by-election. He defeated his nearest rival Jaick C. Thomas of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) by a record margin of 37,719 votes.
Following the oath-taking ceremony held after the Question Hour when the Assembly resumed after a brief hiatus necessitated by the Puthuppally by-election, Mr. Oommen was greeted by Speaker A.N. Shamseer, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, other Ministers, Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan, Deputy Speaker Chittayam Gopakumar and leader of various political parties as he made his way to his allotted seat.
