Gum Tayeng is an Indian politician.

Early life

In 1962 she passed Pre-University College at Lady Keane College in

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. Afterwards she worked as a school teacher for some time. On October 18, 2013, she was elected unopposed to the

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Legislative Assembly as an

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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. 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.''Echo of India''.
In Arunachal, women contest only on 6 Assembly seats
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