Sosthenes Sohtun (born 1975) is an Indian politician from

Meghalaya Meghalaya (; "the abode of clouds") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeast India. Its capital is Shillong. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the Assam: the United Khasi Hills an ...

. He is a member of the

Meghalaya Legislative Assembly The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Meghalaya. Constituted as a directly elected body in 1972, it has 60 members, filled through direct elections held e ...

from Jirang Assembly constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Tribe community, in Ri Bhoi district. He won the 2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election representing the National People's Party.

Early life and education

Sohtun is from Jirang, Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya. He is the son of late P. Warjri. He passed the pre university course in arts at St. Anthony’s College, which is affiliated with

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Career

Sohtun won from Jirang Assembly constituency representing National People's Party in the 2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election. He polled 12,690 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Adrian Lambert Mylleim of the

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, by a margin of 1,623 votes. He first became an MLA winning the 2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election representing the NPP from Jirang seat. He polled votes and defeated his nearest rival, Witness Day Sancley of the Indian National Congress, by a margin of 220 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sohtun, Sosthenes 1975 births Living people National People's Party (India) politicians Meghalaya MLAs 2018–2023 Meghalaya MLAs 2023–2028 People from Ri-Bhoi district