List of Indian Women Chief Ministers:
The Chief Minister is the head of the government of each of the 29 states and 02 union territories (Delhi and Puducherry) of the Republic of India. According to the Constitution of the country, the Governor is the legal head at the state level, but in reality the executive authority is the Chief Minister.
Quick Information about Women Chief Ministers in India:
| First woman chief minister of india | Sucheta kripalani |
| State name | Uttar Pradesh |
| Date of swearing-in | 02 October 1963 |
| Total women chief minister till now | 16 |
Here is a list of all the women chief ministers elected in India so far. So far 16 women have been appointed as Chief Minister in the country. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anandiben Patel was sworn in as the first woman chief minister of Gujarat and the country's 16th woman on 22 May 2014. She served as the Chief Minister till 07 August 2016. In the history of independent India, there have been 16 women chief ministers till the present time in different states of the country.
Sucheta Kriplani has the distinction of becoming the first woman Chief Minister of the country. She was sworn in as the first woman Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on 02 October 1963 and she held her post till 14 March 1967. It is noteworthy that till now more than 220 persons have become Chief Ministers in all the states and union territories of India.
List of Women Chief Ministers of India:
| Name | State | Interesting facts and tenure | Political party |
| Sucheta kripalani | Uttar Pradesh | First Woman Chief Minister of India (1963–1967) | Congress |
| Nandani Satpathy | Odisha | Second woman Chief Minister of the country (1972-1973) | Congress |
| Sasikala Kakodkar | Goa | She is the daughter of the first Chief Minister of Goa, Dayanand Bandodkar (1973–1979) | MGP |
| Syeda Anwara Taimur | Assam | Assam and the country's first Muslim woman chief minister (1980 -1981) | Congress |
| Jayalalithaa Jayaram | Tamil Nadu | Second woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1991-1996, 2001, 2002, 2006 and 2011 -2014) | AIADMK |
| Janaki Ramachandran | Tamil Nadu | First woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (07 January 1988 to 30 January 1988) | AIADMK |
| Mayawati | Uttar Pradesh | Second woman Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (1995, 1997, 2002-2003, 2007-2012) | BSP |
| Rajinder Kaur Bhattal | Punjab | First woman Chief Minister of Punjab (1996–1997) | Congress |
| Rabri Devi | Bihar | First woman Chief Minister of Bihar (1997-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2005) | RJD |
| Sushma Swaraj | Delhi | First woman Chief Minister of Delhi (from 12 October 1998 to 03 December 1998) | BJP |
| Sheila Dikshit | Delhi | Second woman Chief Minister of Delhi (1998-2013) | Congress |
| Uma Bharti | Madhya Pradesh | First woman Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (2003-2004) | BJP |
| Vasundhara Raje | Rajasthan | First woman Chief Minister of Rajasthan (2003-2008, 2013-present) | BJP |
| Mamata Banerjee | West Bengal | First woman Chief Minister of West Bengal (2011 to present) | Trinamool Congress |
| Mehbooba Mufti | Jammu and Kashmir | First woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (from 04 April 2016 to 19 June) | PDP |
| Anandiben Patel | Gujarat | First woman Chief Minister of Gujarat (2014-2016) | BJP |