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Gum Tayeng

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Gum Tayeng
MLA of 42-Dambuk (ST) Assembly Constituency
Assembly Member
for Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh
Assumed office
May 2014
Preceded byJomin Tayeng
Personal details
BornDambuk
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
INC
SpouseJomin Tayeng
Children3 sons and 1 daughter
Alma materLady Keane College, Shillong

Gum Tayeng is an Indian politician.

Early life

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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][5][6][7][8]

References

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  1. ^ The Sentinel. Congress candidate Gum Tayeng elected unopposed Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ The Arunachal Times. Gum Tayeng elected unopposed from Dambuk Archived 19 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Post. Arunachal Pradesh: Congress candidate Gum Tayeng elected unopposed in Dambuk by-poll
  4. ^ Echo of India. In Arunachal, women contest only on 6 Assembly seats
  5. ^ "Arunachal Pradesh Assembly results live updates | BJP wins 7 Assembly seats, leads in both LS seats". The Hindu. 22 May 2019. Archived from the original on 19 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Arunachal CM Pema Khandu appoints 26 MLAs as parliamentary secretary". The Indian Express. 26 October 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Khandu appoints 26 MLAs as parliamentary secretary". The Hindu. 18 September 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Arunachal CM appoints 26 MLAs as parliamentary secretary". India Today. 18 September 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.