Gum Tayeng

Gum Tayeng MLA of 42-Dambuk (ST) Assembly Constituency
Assembly Member for Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2014
Preceded by	Jomin Tayeng
Personal details
Born	Dambuk
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	INC
Spouse	Jomin Tayeng
Children	3 sons and 1 daughter
Alma mater	Lady Keane College, Shillong

Gum Tayeng is an Indian politician.

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. 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