Synshar Lyngdoh Thabah

Thabah is from Mawtap Village, Sohiong post, East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya.^[3] He is the son of  Karsing Kurbah. He completed his Master of Arts in geography in 2007 at North Eastern Hill University. Earlier, he did his BA honours in geography in 2002 at St. Edmund's College, Shillong. He is a businessman and a contractor while his wife is in government service.^[1]

Thabah won from Sohiong Assembly constituency representing the United Democratic Party in the 2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election. He polled 16,679 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Samlin Malngiang of National People's Party, by a margin of 3,422 votes.^[4][5][6]