As Atishi gears up to become Delhi CM, a look at the past woman chief ministers of India
Delhi minister and senior AAP leader Atishi is set to take over the reins of Delhi from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The announcement was made by the party on Tuesday following deliberations with MLAs and the decision-making body of AAP.
Kejriwal is set to meet the Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena at 4.30 pm and tender his resignation to both the L-G and President Droupadi Murmu for approval. After which, Atish will stake claim to form the next government.
Atishi, who currently holds the portfolio of education, finance, law, tourism and several other departments, will be the third woman to hold the post after Sushma Swaraj and Sheila Dikshit.
Till now, India has had 16 women Chief Ministers in 12 out of 28 states. Sheila Dikshit has been the longest serving out of them all and Janaki Ramachandran had the shortest term as a woman CM. Mayawati was the first Dalit woman to head the CM office.
Take a look at the list of woman chief ministers in India:
List of female chief ministers by length of term
| No. | Name | Party | Length of term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total years of chief ministership | ||||
| 1 | Sheila Dikshit | INC | 15 years, 25 days | 15 years, 25 days | |
| 2 | J. Jayalalithaa | AIADMK | 4 years, 323 days | 14 years, 124 days | |
| 3 | Mamata Banerjee | AITC | 13 years, 121 days | 13 years, 121 days | |
| 4 | Vasundhara Raje | BJP | 5 years, 5 days | 10 years, 9 days | |
| 5 | Rabri Devi | RJD | 4 years, 360 days | 7 years, 190 days | |
| 6 | Mayawati | BSP | 4 years, 307 days | 7 years, 5 days | |
| 7 | Shashikala Kakodkar | MGP | 5 years, 258 days | 5 years, 258 days | |
| 8 | Nandini Satpathy | INC | 4 years, 185 days | 4 years, 185 days | |
| 9 | Sucheta Kripalani | INC | 3 years, 162 days | 3 years, 162 days | |
| 10 | Anandiben Patel | BJP | 2 years, 77 days | 2 years, 77 days | |
| 11 | Mehbooba Mufti | JKPDP | 2 years, 76 days | 2 years, 76 days | |
| 12 | Uma Bharti | BJP | 259 days | 259 days | |
| 13 | Anwara Taimur | INC | 206 days | 206 days | |
| 14 | Rajinder Kaur Bhattal | INC | 83 days | 83 days | |
| 15 | Sushma Swaraj | BJP | 52 days | 52 days | |
| 16 | V. N. Janaki | AIADMK | 23 days | 23 days | |
| 17 | Atishi | AAP | −1 day | −1 day | |
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