Surama Padhy

Surama Padhy, also spelt as Surma Padhi, is an Indian Politician from Odisha. She is an Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from Ranpur Assembly constituency in Nayagarh district. She is currently serving as the Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly.^[1] She represents Bharatiya Janata Party. She won the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election.^[2][3]

Surama Padhy
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 2024
Preceded by	Satyanarayana Pradhan
Constituency	Ranpur
In office 2004–2009
Preceded by	Ramakanta Mishra
Succeeded by	Satyanarayana Pradhan
Constituency	Ranpur
Personal details
Born	(1960-12-29) 29 December 1960 (age 64)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Bipin Bihari Padhy
Children	Alee Padhy
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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Early life and education

Padhy is from Ranpur. She married Bipin Bihari Padhy, a chartered accountant. She completed her Master of Arts 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]