| Gum Tayeng | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLA of 42-Dambuk (ST) Assembly Constituency |
| Constituency Am: | Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh |
| Term Start: | May 2014 |
| Predecessor: | Jomin Tayeng |
| Successor: | Incumbent |
| Birth Place: | Dambuk |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Spouse: | Jomin Tayeng |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Otherparty: | INC |
| Children: | 3 sons and 1 daughter |
| Alma Mater: | Lady Keane College, Shillong |
Gum Tayeng is an Indian politician.
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]