List of female legislative speakers and chairpersons in India

Lok Sabha

Portrait		Speaker (Birth-Death)	Term of office			Political party	Lok Sabha
			From	To	Period
		Meira Kumar (born 1945)	4 June 2009	11 June 2014	5 years, 1 day	Indian National Congress	15th (2009)
		Sumitra Mahajan (born 1943)	15 June 2014	17 June 2019 [1]	5 years, 4 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	16th (2014)

State legislature

State Legislative Assemblies

This is the list of female Speakers and Deputy Speakers of the legislative assemblies of the Indian states and union territories:

Key

*  Incumbent speaker † Assassinated or died in office

RES Resigned NC Resigned following a no-confidence motion

INC (1)   BJP (3)   BJD (1)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			State/Union territory	Political party
			Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
		Shanno Devi	6 December 1966	17 March 1967	101 days	Haryana		INC
		Sumitra Singh (1930–)	16 January 2004	1 January 2009	4 years, 351 days	Rajasthan		BJP
		Ritu Khanduri Bhushan (1965–)	26 March 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 331 days	Uttarakhand		BJP
		Pramila Mallik (1963–)	22 September 2023	3 June 2024	255 days	Odisha		BJD
		Surama Padhy (1960–)	20 June 2024	incumbent	245 days	Odisha		BJP

See also

• List of female governors in India
• List of female lieutenant governors and administrators in India
• List of female chief ministers in India
• List of female deputy chief ministers in India
• List of female leaders of the opposition in India
• List of female judges of the Supreme Court of India
• List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons

References

1. Hebbar, Nistula (2019-04-05). "Sumitra Mahajan says she will not contest, leaves it to BJP to decide on candidate for Indore seat". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2023-12-22.