Fifteen women have served as the chief minister of an Indian state. Currently, four are in office—Jayalalithaa, Anandiben Patel, Vasundhara Raje and Mamata Banerjee.
Of the twelve states to have been headed by a female chief minister,
only three—Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh—have had two woman
premiers.
In the Republic of India, a chief minister is the head of government of each of twenty-nine states and two union territories (Delhi and Puducherry).
In the Republic of India, a chief minister is the head of government of each of twenty-nine states and two union territories (Delhi and Puducherry).
