Mhathung Yanthan | |
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Member of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 2018 | |
Constituency | Sanis |
Personal details | |
Born | Wokha district,Nagaland,India |
Political party | Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party |
Residence(s) | Nagaland,India |
Occupation | Politician,Advisor of agriculture to the Chief Minister |
Mhathung Yanthan (born 1 May 1960) is an Indian politician from the state of Nagaland,representing the Sanis Assembly constituency. [1] He is a two time member of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly since 2018. [2]
Yanthan is from the Lotha Naga community in the Wokha district of Nagaland. [3] Before entering politics,he served as a district planning officer in Nagaland. [2] He is the son of late Ashemo Yanthan. He completed his M.Sc. in agriculture in 1985 at Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology,Bhubaneshwar. [1]
Yanthan began his political career as a member of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party and won the Sanis constituency seat in the 2018 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election. [4] He polled 10,548 votes and defeated his nearest rival,Ramongo Lotha of Janata Dal (United),by a margin of 2,992 votes. He also became advisor of horticulture and borders affairs to the chief minister. [5] [6] [7]
In the 2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election,he retained his seat in Sanis. [8] He polled 15,076 votes and defeated Senkathung Jami of the RJD,by a margin of 9,513 votes. He became advisor of agriculture to the chief minister. [9]
The Lothas,also known as Kyongs are a major Naga ethnic group native to Wokha District in the Northeast Indian state of Nagaland.
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The elections to the 13th Nagaland State Legislative Assembly was held on 27th February 2018 in 59 out of its 60 constituencies,with one member elected unopposed. The counting of votes took place on 3rd March 2018. The incumbent Naga People's Front (NPF) lost the elections,while Chief minister T. R. Zeliang retained his seat. Former NPF leader,Neiphiu Rio joined the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) before the elections. Subsequently,with two-thirds majority in the assembly,the NDPP-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance formed the government with Rio as the new Chief Minister of Nagaland.
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