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

No.PortraitName
(birth–death)
StateConstituencyAssumed officeLeft officeTenurePolitical party
Shanno Devi
(1901–1978)
Haryana Jagadhri 6 December 196617 March 1967101 days Indian National Congress
Vidya Stokes (cropped).jpg Vidya Stokes
(born 1927)
Himachal Pradesh Theog 11 March 198519 March 19905 years, 8 days Indian National Congress
K. Pratibha Bharati
(born 1956)
Andhra Pradesh Etcherla 11 November 199930 May 20044 years, 201 days Telugu Desam Party
Sumitra Singh
(born 1930)
Rajasthan Jhunjhunu 16 January 20041 January 20094 years, 351 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Nimaben Acharya
(born 1947)
Gujarat Bhuj 27 September 202110 December 20221 year, 74 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Ritu Khanduri Bhushan
(born 1965)
Uttarakhand Kotdwar 26 March 2022Incumbent3 years, 213 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Pramila Mallik.jpg Pramila Mallik Odisha Binjharpur 22 September 20234 June 2024256 days Biju Janata Dal
style="background:#ccc;" Surama Padhy.jpg Surama Padhy
(1960–)
20 June 2024incumbent1 year, 127 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.