Overview

• Shwetha Menon secured the presidency by defeating veteran actor Devan and Kukku Parameswaran was elected general secretary, marking the first time women have held both AMMA roles.
• Voter turnout fell to about 298 of 504 members, with major stars such as Mammootty, Prithviraj Sukumaran and Nivin Pauly abstaining from the ballot.
• Menon obtained an interim Kerala High Court stay on a Section 67A IT Act complaint accusing her of profiting from allegedly obscene content, a dispute that loomed over the campaign.
• The election was prompted by the mass resignation of Mohanlal’s executive last year after the Justice Hema Committee report exposed systemic harassment in the Malayalam film industry.
• The new leadership has invited former members and assault survivors to return while insisting that anyone facing allegations must temporarily step aside.