<span style="color: #222222;">Puducherry Assembly Deputy Speaker Sivakozhunthu will be declared unanimously elected as Speaker of the Assembly in the session beginning tomorrow.<br />''<br />'' When the deadline for filing nomination papers came to a close today, Sivakozhunthu was the only candidate who filed nomination paper on behalf of the Congress-DMK alliance.<br />''</span><br />''The opposition parties which demanded cancellation of the election as adequate time was not allowed, kept away from filing nominations. Sources said, the opposition parties are likely to boycott the election tomorrow. <br />''<br />''They submitted a memorandum at the Raj Niwas last evening urging Lt Governor Kiran Bedi to intervene and cancel Speaker's election.<br />''<br />''Greeting M Sivakozhunthu, Chief Minister V Narayanasamy urged the opposition parties not to boycott the election and take part in the swearing-in ceremony of Speaker. Sources said, Congress member elected from Oulgret constituency MNR Balan will be appointed Deputy Speaker.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"> The Speaker's election was necessitated as speaker V Vaithilingam resigned and contested the April 18  Lok Sabha election and won it.</span><br />