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 24th Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly from 2024. She represents Bharatiya Janata Party. She won the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election.

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.

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. Earlier, she lost thrice from Ranpur, the last time in the 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election to Pradhan by 4,251 votes. She is also a former minister of state for cooperation in the 2004 Naveen Patnaik BJD government which had an alliance with BJP.