Sukhato A. Sema

Sema is from Pughoboto, Zunheboto District, Nagaland. He is the son of Akhavi Sema. He is a doctor. He passed M.D. in 1984 with a gold medal at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.^[1]

Sema won from the Pughoboto constituency representing the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) in the 2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election. He polled 7,808 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Y. Vikheho Swu of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, by 850 votes.^[3] In the 2018 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election he contested on a BJP ticket and lost by only 70 votes to Swu, who then represented Naga People's Front.^[4]

In June 2024, he requested the party president Chirag Paswan to address the Naga political issue in the parliament, as Paswan is now the union cabinet minister of Food Processing Industries in the BJP-led NDA government.^[5]