List of female legislative speakers and chairpersons in India

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Lok Sabha

No. Portrait Speaker
(Birth-Death)
Term of office Political party Lok Sabha
From To Period
1 Meira Kumar
(born 1945)
4 June
2009
11 June
2014
5 years, 1 day Indian National Congress 15th
(2009)
2 Sumitra Mahajan
(born 1943)
15 June
2014
17 June
2019
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:

No. Portrait Name
(birth–death)
State Constituency Assumed office Left office Tenure Political party
Shanno Devi
(1901–1978)
Haryana Jagadhri 6 December 1966 17 March 1967 101 days Indian National Congress
Vidya Stokes
(born 1927)
Himachal Pradesh Theog 11 March 1985 19 March 1990 5 years, 8 days Indian National Congress
K. Pratibha Bharati
(born 1956)
Andhra Pradesh Etcherla 11 November 1999 30 May 2004 4 years, 201 days Telugu Desam Party
Sumitra Singh
(born 1930)
Rajasthan Jhunjhunu 16 January 2004 1 January 2009 4 years, 351 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Nimaben Acharya
(born 1947)
Gujarat Bhuj 27 September 2021 10 December 2022 1 year, 74 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Ritu Khanduri Bhushan
(born 1965)
Uttarakhand Kotdwar 26 March 2022 Incumbent 3 years, 272 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Pramila Mallik Odisha Binjharpur 22 September 2023 4 June 2024 256 days Biju Janata Dal
Surama Padhy
(1960–)
Odisha Ranpur 20 June 2024 Incumbent 1 year, 186 days Bharatiya Janata Party

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