List of female legislative speakers and chairpersons in India

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Lok Sabha

No.PortraitSpeaker
(Birth-Death)
Term of officePolitical partyLok Sabha
FromToPeriod
1 The Speaker, Lok Sabha, Smt. Meira Kumar in 2010.jpg Meira Kumar
(born 1945)
4 June
2009
11 June
2014
5 years, 1 day Indian National Congress 15th
(2009)
2 Sumitra Mahajan.jpg 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 of the legislative assemblies of the Indian states and union territories:

Contents

Key
  INC (1)   BJP (4)   BJD (1) 
No.PortraitName

(Birth–Death)

Term of officeState/Union territoryPolitical party
Assumed officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Shanno Devi 6 December 196617 March 1967101 days Haryana INC
2 Sumitra Singh
(1930–)
16 January 20041 January 20094 years, 351 days Rajasthan BJP
3 Nimaben Acharya
(1948–)
27 September 20218 December 20221 year, 72 days Gujarat BJP
4 Ritu Khanduri Bhushan
(1965–)
26 March 2022Incumbent3 years, 169 days Uttarakhand BJP
5 Pramila Mallik.jpg Pramila Mallik
(1963–)
22 September 20233 June 2024255 days Odisha BJD
6 Surama Padhy.jpg Surama Padhy
(1960–)
20 June 2024incumbent1 year, 83 days Odisha BJP

See also

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.