List of female legislative speakers and chairpersons in India

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Lok Sabha

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan="2" rowspan="2"\| Portrait ! rowspan="2" style="width:15em" \|Speaker {{small\|(Birth-Death)}} ! colspan="3" \|Term of office ! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" \|Political party ! rowspan="2" style="width:6em"\| Lok Sabha
style="width:7em"\| From !style="width:7em"\| To !style="width:7em"\| Period
bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}"\| \|70px \|Meira Kumar {{small\|(born 1945)}} \|4 June 2009 \|11 June 2014 !{{ayd\|4 Jun 2009\|5 Jun 2014}} \|Indian National Congress \|15th {{small\|(2009)}}
bgcolor="{{party color\|BJP}}"\| \|70px \|Sumitra Mahajan {{small\|(born 1943)}} \|15 June 2014 \|17 June 2019{{Cite news \|last=Hebbar \|first=Nistula \|date=2019-04-05 \|title=Sumitra Mahajan says she will not contest, leaves it to BJP to decide on candidate for Indore seat \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/sumitra-mahajan-not-to-contest-lok-sabha-election-asks-bjp-to-field-another-candidate-in-indore/article61565211.ece \|access-date=2023-12-22 \|issn=0971-751X}} !{{ayd\|6 Jun 2014\|10 Jun 2019}} \|rowspan="3"\| Bharatiya Janata Party \|16th {{small\|(2014)}}

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! colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Portrait

! rowspan="2" style="width:15em" |Speaker
{{small|(Birth-Death)}}

! colspan="3" |Term of office

! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party

! rowspan="2" style="width:6em"| Lok Sabha

style="width:7em"| From

!style="width:7em"| To

!style="width:7em"| Period

bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

|70px

|Meira Kumar
{{small|(born 1945)}}

|4 June
2009

|11 June
2014

!{{ayd|4 Jun 2009|5 Jun 2014}}

|Indian National Congress

|15th
{{small|(2009)}}

bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|

|70px

|Sumitra Mahajan
{{small|(born 1943)}}

|15 June
2014

|17 June
2019{{Cite news |last=Hebbar |first=Nistula |date=2019-04-05 |title=Sumitra Mahajan says she will not contest, leaves it to BJP to decide on candidate for Indore seat |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/sumitra-mahajan-not-to-contest-lok-sabha-election-asks-bjp-to-field-another-candidate-in-indore/article61565211.ece |access-date=2023-12-22 |issn=0971-751X}}

!{{ayd|6 Jun 2014|10 Jun 2019}}

|rowspan="3"| Bharatiya Janata Party

|16th
{{small|(2014)}}

State legislature

=State Legislative Assemblies=

This is the list of female Speakers and Deputy Speakers of the legislative assemblies of the Indian states and union territories:

;Key

{{legend inline|1=#DBD7D2|text={{asterisk}}}} Incumbent speaker
{{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office

{{note label|RES|RES|RES}} Resigned
{{note label|NC|NC|NC}} Resigned following a no-confidence motion

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" !colspan=12\|{{Party index link\|Indian National Congress\|INC}} (1){{pad}}{{Party index link\|Bharatiya Janata Party\|BJP}} (4){{pad}}{{Party index link\|Biju Janata Dal\|BJD}} (1){{pad}}
rowspan=2\|No. !rowspan=2\|Portrait !rowspan=2\|Name {{nowrap\|(Birth–Death)}} !colspan=3\|Term of office !rowspan=2\|State/Union territory !rowspan=2 colspan=2\|Political party
Assumed office !Left office !Time in office
\| !Shanno Devi \|6 December 1966 \|17 March 1967 \|{{Age in years and days\|6 December 1966\|17 March 1967}} \|Haryana \| {{party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}
\| !Sumitra Singh (1930–) \|16 January 2004 \|1 January 2009 \|{{Ayd\|16 january 2004\|1 january 2009}} \|Rajasthan \|{{party name with color \|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
\| \|Dr. Nimaben Acharya (1948–) \|27 September 2021 \|8 December 2022 \|{{Ayd\|27 September 2021\|8 December 2022}} \|Gujarat \|{{party name with color \|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
style="background:#ccc;" ! \|100px \|Ritu Khanduri Bhushan (1965–) \|26 March 2022 \| Incumbent \|{{Ayd\|26 March 2022

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rowspan=2|No.

!rowspan=2|Portrait

!rowspan=2|Name

!colspan=3|Term of office

!rowspan=2|State/Union territory

!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Political party

Assumed office

!Left office

!Time in office

|

!Shanno Devi

|6 December 1966