List of female legislative speakers and chairpersons in India

List of female legislative speakers and chairpersons in India lists all women who have served as speakers of national or state legislatures throughout India since the country's independence in 1947.

Lok Sabha No. PortraitSpeakerTerm of officePolitical party Lok Sabha From To Period1Meira Kumar4 June200911 June2014Indian National Congress15th2Sumitra Mahajan15 June201417 June2019 Bharatiya Janata Party16th

State legislature State legislative assemblies This is the list of female Speakers of the legislative assemblies of the Indian states and union territories: Portrait NameStateConstituency Assumed office Left officeTenure Political party Pushpaben Mehta SaurashtraVeraval Town March 19521956Indian National CongressShanno DeviHaryanaJagadhri6 December 196617 March 1967Indian National CongressVidya StokesHimachal PradeshTheog11 March 198519 March 1990Indian National CongressK. Pratibha BharatiAndhra PradeshEtcherla11 November 199930 May 2004Telugu Desam PartySumitra SinghRajasthanJhunjhunu16 January 20041 January 2009Bharatiya Janata PartyNimaben AcharyaGujaratBhuj27 September 202110 December 2022Bharatiya Janata Party Ritu Khanduri BhushanUttarakhandKotdwar26 March 2022IncumbentBharatiya Janata PartyPramila MallikOdishaBinjharpur22 September 20234 June 2024Biju Janata DalSurama Padhy(1960–)OdishaRanpur20 June 2024Incumbent

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 opposition leaders in India List of female chief justices in India List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons

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