Fifteen women have served as the chief minister of an Indian state. Currently, three are in office—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.
| Sl No. | Name (Party) | State | Duration |
| 1 | Sucheta Kriplani(INC) | U.P. | 2 October 1963 “ 13 March 1967 |
| 2 | Nandini Satpathy(INC) | Orissa | 14 June 1972 “ 3 March 1973, 6 March 1974 “ 16 December 1976 |
| 3 | Shashikala Kakodkar (MGP) | Goa | 12 August 1973 “ 27 April 1979 |
| 4 | Syeda Anwara Taimur (INC) | Assam | 6 December 1980 “ 30 June 1981 |
| 5 | Janaki Ramachandran (AIADMK) | Tamil Nadu | 7“30 January 1988 |
| 6 | J. Jayalalithaa (AIADMK) | Tamil Nadu | 24 June 1991 “ 12 May 1996, 14 May 2001 “ 21 September 2001, 2 March 2002 “ 12 May 2006, 16 May 2011 “ present |
| 7 | Mayawati (BSP) | U.P. | 13 June 1995 “ 18 October 1995, 21 March 1997 “ 21 September 1997, 3 May 2002 “ 29 August 2003, 13 May 2007 “ 7 March 2012 |
| 8 | Rajinder Kaur Bhatta l(INC) | Punjab | 21 January 1996 “ 12 February 1997 |
| 9 | Rabri Devi (RJD) | Bihar | 25 July 1997 “ 11 February 1999, 9 March 1999 “ 2 March 2000, 11 March 2000 “ 6 March 2005 |
| 10 | Sushma Swaraj (BJP) | Delhi | 13 October 1998 “ 3 December 1998 |
| 11 | Sheila Dikshit (INC) | Delhi | 3 December 1998 “ present |
| 12 | Uma Bharati (BJP) | M. P. | 8 December 2003 “ 23 August 2004 |
| 13 | Vasundhara Raje (BJP) | Rajasthan | 8 December 2003 “ 11 December 2008 |
| 14 | Mamata Banerjee (TMC) | West Bengal | 20 May 2011 “ present |
