Gum_Tayeng

Gum Tayeng

Gum Tayeng

Indian politician

Gum Tayeng is an Indian politician.

Quick Facts MLA of 42-Dambuk (ST) Assembly Constituency, Assembly Member for Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh ...

Early life

In 1962 she passed Pre-University College at Lady Keane College in Shillong. Afterwards she worked as a school teacher for some time.[1]

On October 18, 2013, she was elected unopposed to the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate in a by-election in the Dambuk constituency. She is the widow of Jomin Tayeng, who had been elected to the Dambuk seat in the 2009 election.[2][3]

Gum Tayeng was fielded as the Congress candidate in Dambuk in the 2014 Legislative Assembly election. She was one of only six women in the state to stand as candidate.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    The Sentinel. Congress candidate Gum Tayeng elected unopposed
  2. [2]
    The Arunachal Times. Gum Tayeng elected unopposed from Dambuk Archived 19 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    Post. Arunachal Pradesh: Congress candidate Gum Tayeng elected unopposed in Dambuk by-poll
  4. [4]
    Echo of India. In Arunachal, women contest only on 6 Assembly seats


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