P. Longon

Puthai Longon (born 1961) He also served as a minister for 15 years and returned to electoral politics after a gap of five years in 2023.

Early life and education Longon is from Noklak, Nagaland. He is the son of the late Puthai. He completed his B.A. in 1987 at Patkai College, North Eastern Hill University.

Career Longon was elected from the Noklak Assembly constituency representing the Nationalist Congress Party in the 2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election. He polled 8,482 votes and defeated his nearest rival and sitting MLA, H. Haiying of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 734 votes. He retained the seat for the NPF, winning the 2008 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election, where he defeated Khaming again, by 5,772 votes. He won for a third consecutive term in the 2013 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election. In 2013, he polled 9,168 and defeated the Indian National Congress candidate, H. Haiying, by 3,305 votes.

However, in the 2018 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election, he lost as an NPF candidate to Haiying, who contested this time on the Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. He regained the seat, winning the 2023 Assembly election after joining the Nationalist Congress Party and became an MLA for the fourth time.