Surama Padhy
24th Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 June 2024
Deputy	Bhabani Shankar Bhoi
Chief Minister	Mohan Charan Majhi
Preceded by	Pramila Mallik
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Cooperation Government of Odisha
In office 18 May 2004 – 9 March 2009
Preceded by	Arabinda Dhali
Succeeded by	Naveen Patnaik
Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Satyanarayana Pradhan
Constituency	Ranpur
In office 16 May 2004 – 16 May 2009
Preceded by	Ramakanta Mishra
Succeeded by	Satyanarayana Pradhan
Constituency	Ranpur
President of the BJP Mahila Morcha
In office 2000 – 2002
Preceded by	Maya Singh
Succeeded by	Kanta Tai Nalawade
Personal details
Born	(1960-12-29) 29 December 1960 (age 65) Raj-Ranpur
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Bipin Bihari Padhy
Children	Alee Padhy (daughter), Ashutosh Padhy (son)
Parents	Harischandra Padhy (father) Urmila Padhy (mother)
Education	Master of Arts Bachelor of Laws
Alma mater	Utkal University
Profession	Advocate Politician
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Surama Padhy, also spelt as Surma Padhi, is an Indian politician from Odisha. She is a Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from Ranpur Assembly constituency in Nayagarh district. She is currently serving as the 24th Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly from 2024.^[1] She represents Bharatiya Janata Party. She won the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election.^[2][3]

Early life and education

Padhy is from Ranpur. She married Bipin Bihari Padhy, a chartered accountant. She completed her Master of Arts degree in 1982 at Ravenshaw College which is affiliated with Utkal University.^[4]

Career

Padhy won the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election from Ranpur Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. She defeated Satyanarayan Pradhan of the Biju Janata Dal by a margin of 15,544 votes.^[5][6] Earlier, she lost thrice from Ranpur, the last time in the 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election to Pradhan by 4,251 votes.^[7][8] She is also a former minister of state for cooperation in the 2004 Naveen Patnaik BJD government which had an alliance with BJP.^[8]

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