List of female legislative speakers and chairpersons in India
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The List of female legislative speakers and chairpersons in India documents women who have held the highest presiding roles in India’s Parliament and state legislatures. It includes Meira Kumar, the first woman to serve as Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014, and Sumitra Mahajan, who held the same position from 2014 to 2019. At the state level, it highlights pioneers like Shanno Devi, the first woman Speaker of a state assembly (Haryana, 1966–1967), and Nimaben Acharya, Ritu Khanduri Bhushan, Pramila Mallik, and Surama Padhy, who have served as Speakers in various state assemblies, including Gujarat, Uttarakhand, and Odisha. This list underscores the gradual but growing presence of women in influential legislative roles across India’s democratic institutions.
Lok Sabha
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Speaker (Birth-Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Lok Sabha | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | ||||||
| 1 | 
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Meira Kumar (born 1945) |
4 June 2009 |
11 June 2014 |
5 years, 1 day | Indian National Congress | 15th (2009) | |
| 2 | 
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Sumitra Mahajan (born 1943) |
15 June 2014 |
17 June 2019[1] |
5 years, 4 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | 16th (2014) | |
State legislature
[edit]State legislative assemblies
[edit]This is the list of female Speakers of the legislative assemblies of the Indian states and union territories:
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| INC (1) BJP (4) BJD (1) | |||||||||||
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| No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term of office | State/Union territory | Political party | ||||||
| Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||||
| 1 | Shanno Devi | 6 December 1966 | 17 March 1967 | 101 days | Haryana | INC | |||||
| 2 | Sumitra Singh (1930–) |
16 January 2004 | 1 January 2009 | 4 years, 351 days | Rajasthan | BJP | |||||
| 3 | Nimaben Acharya (1948–) |
27 September 2021 | 8 December 2022 | 1 year, 72 days | Gujarat | BJP | |||||
| 4 | Ritu Khanduri Bhushan (1965–) |
26 March 2022 | Incumbent | 3 years, 124 days | Uttarakhand | BJP | |||||
| 5 | 
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Pramila Mallik (1963–) |
22 September 2023 | 3 June 2024 | 255 days | Odisha | BJD | ||||
| 6 | 
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Surama Padhy (1960–) |
20 June 2024 | incumbent | 1 year, 38 days | Odisha | BJP | ||||
See also
[edit]- 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 opposition leaders in India
- List of female chief justices in India
- List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons
References
[edit]- ^ 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.