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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| name = Sukhato A. Sema
| caption =
| office = 14th [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 20 February 2023
| office1 = Member of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|10|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Zünheboto]], Nagaland, India
| party = [[Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)]]
}}
'''Sukhato A. Sema''' (born 1958)<ref name=":0" /> is an Indian politician from [[Nagaland]]. He is an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Pughoboto Assembly constituency]], which is reserved for [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]], in [[Zünheboto district|Zunheboto District]]. He won the [[2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election]], representing the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr Sukhato A Sema in Nagaland Assembly Elections 2023 |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2023/nagaland/dr-sukhato-a-sema-pughoboto-candidate-s17a013c002/ |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
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|All India Institute of Medical Sciences]], New Delhi.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Dr Sukhato A Sema(Lok Janshakti Party(Ram Vilas)):Constituency- PUGHOBOTO (ST)(PUGHOBOTO) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://www.myneta.info/Nagaland2023/candidate.php?candidate_id=6875 |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref>

== Career ==
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=Nagaland Assembly Election results 2023: Check full list of winners |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/nagaland-assembly-election-results-2023-winners-8473973/ |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nagaland Election: Pughoboto Assembly constituency result 2023 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/elections/acno13-acno13.html |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>

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 [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr Sukhato Sema appeals party President Chirag Paswan to address Naga Political issue in Parliament |url=https://morungexpress.com/dr-sukhato-sema-appeals-party-president-chirag-paswan-to-address-naga-political-issue-in-parliament |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=MorungExpress}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) politicians]]
[[Category:Nagaland MLAs 2023–2028]]
[[Category:People from Zünheboto district]]
[[Category:All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi alumni]]

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