# Cumbum Assembly constituency

Cumbum is a state assembly constituency in Theni district in Tamil Nadu, part of Theni Lok Sabha constituency. Elections were not held in 1957 and 1962. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Winner | Party |
| Madras State ||||
| 1952 | P. T. Rajan | Justice Party |
| 1967 | Rajangam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Tamil Nadu ||||
| 1971 | K. P. Gopal | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | R. Chandrasekharan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1980 | R. T. Gopalan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1984 | S. Subburayar | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1989 | N. Eramakrishnan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1991 | O. R. Ramachandran | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | O. R. Ramachandran | Tamil Maanila Congress |
| 2001 | O. R. Ramachandran | Tamil Maanila Congress |
| 2006 | N. Eramakrishnan | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2009 | N. Eramakrishnan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2011 | N. Eramakrishnan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2016 | S. T. K. Jakkaiyan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2021 | N. Eramakrishnan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2021 | 2021 | 51.81% | 51.81% |
| 2016 | 2016 | 46.94% | 46.94% |
| 2011 | 2011 | 48.58% | 48.58% |
| 2009 | 2009 | 73.64% | 73.64% |
| 2006 | 2006 | 43.24% | 43.24% |
| 2001 | 2001 | 50.73% | 50.73% |
| 1996 | 1996 | 54.66% | 54.66% |
| 1991 | 1991 | 57.21% | 57.21% |
| 1989 | 1989 | 46.17% | 46.17% |
| 1984 | 1984 | 52.17% | 52.17% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 49.20% | 49.20% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 41.50% | 41.50% |
| 1971 | 1971 | 48.87% | 48.87% |
| 1967 | 1967 | 59.66% | 59.66% |
| 1952 | 1952 | 42.30% | 42.30% |

### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cumbum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | N. Eramakrishnan | 104,800 | 51.81% | 10.65% |
| | AIADMK | S. P. M. Syed Khan | 62,387 | 30.84% | −16.10% |
| | AMMK | Suresh. P | 14,536 | 7.19% | New |
| | NTK | Anish Fathima. A | 12,347 | 6.10% | 5.53% |
| | MNM | Venkidesh. N | 4,647 | 2.30% | New |
| | NOTA | Nota | 1,659 | 0.82% | −0.32% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 42,413 | 20.97% | 15.19% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,02,275 | 70.17% | −3.66% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,88,262 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 4.87% | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cumbum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | S. T. K. Jakkaiyan | 91,099 | 46.94% | |
| | DMK | N. Eramakrishnan | 79,878 | 41.16% | −7.42% |
| | TMC(M) | O. R. Ramachandran | 10,149 | 5.23% | New |
| | BJP | N. Prabakaran | 3,971 | 2.05% | 0.58% |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,219 | 1.14% | New |
| | SDPI | S. M. Rafeeq Ahamed | 1,368 | 0.70% | New |
| | NTK | R. Jayapal | 1,105 | 0.57% | New |
| | PMK | Pon. Katchikannan | 763 | 0.39% | New |
| | Independent | S. K. Mariappan | 733 | 0.38% | New |
| | Independent | T. Ponraja | 702 | 0.36% | New |
| | Independent | R. Saravanan | 509 | 0.26% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,221 | 5.78% | −1.58% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,94,082 | 73.83% | −2.38% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,62,868 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -1.64% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cumbum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | N. Eramakrishnan | 80,307 | 48.58% | 7.00% |
| | DMDK | Murugesan. P | 68,139 | 41.22% | 30.69% |
| | Independent | Abbas Mandhiri. R | 6,205 | 3.75% | New |
| | Independent | Prakash. P | 2,478 | 1.50% | New |
| | BJP | Logandurai. P | 2,431 | 1.47% | −0.37% |
| | Independent | Murugesan. P | 1,637 | 0.99% | New |
| | IJK | Anthony Vedamuthu. A | 980 | 0.59% | New |
| | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party | Rajamohan@Senthil R | 929 | 0.56% | New |
| | BSP | Saravanan. V | 840 | 0.51% | 0.08% |
| | Independent | Eravichandran. M | 541 | 0.33% | New |
| | | Rajmohan. N | 381 | 0.23% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,168 | 7.36% | 5.69% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,16,907 | 76.22% | 5.26% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,65,321 | | |
| | DMK gain from MDMK | DMK gain from MDMK | Swing | 5.34% | |

### 2009

Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, 2009: Cumbum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | DMK | N. Eramakrishnan | 81,515 | 73.64% |
| | DMDK | R. Arun Kumar | 24,142 | 21.81% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 57,373 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 110,700 | 75.99% |
| | DMK gain from MDMK | DMK gain from MDMK | Swing | |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cumbum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | MDMK | N. Eramakrishnan | 50,761 | 43.24% | |
| | DMK | Selvendran P | 48,803 | 41.57% | |
| | DMDK | Jeganath. A | 12,360 | 10.53% | |
| | BJP | Sakthivel A | 2,162 | 1.84% | −44.98% |
| | Independent | Vilangumani N | 749 | 0.64% | New |
| | AIFB | Senthil Kumar. R | 710 | 0.60% | New |
| | Independent | Palanisamy. S | 601 | 0.51% | New |
| | BSP | Easwaran S | 506 | 0.43% | New |
| | Independent | Ambika. R | 176 | 0.15% | New |
| | Independent | Selvaraj. T | 159 | 0.14% | New |
| | Independent | Kesavan. V | 148 | 0.13% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,958 | 1.67% | −2.25% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,17,390 | 70.96% | 9.45% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,65,427 | | |
| | MDMK gain from TMC(M) | MDMK gain from TMC(M) | Swing | -7.49% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cumbum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TMC(M) | O. R. Ramachandran | 56,823 | 50.73% | −3.92% |
| | BJP | Krishnakumar N. K. R | 52,437 | 46.82% | 43.28% |
| | Independent | Selvan U P | 901 | 0.80% | New |
| | Independent | Antony Arockiaraj A | 571 | 0.51% | New |
| | Puratchi Bharatham | Rajan M | 552 | 0.49% | New |
| | Independent | Sivanandan S | 423 | 0.38% | New |
| | | Saravanan R | 294 | 0.26% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,386 | 3.92% | −29.40% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,12,001 | 61.51% | −6.46% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,82,109 | | |
| | TMC(M) hold | TMC(M) hold | Swing | -3.92% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cumbum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TMC(M) | O. R. Ramachandran | 58,628 | 54.66% | |
| | Independent | Gopalan. R. T. | 22,888 | 21.34% | |
| | INC | Somasundaram. K. A. | 14,129 | 13.17% | −44.03% |
| | CPI(M) | Dharmaraj. S. | 6,872 | 6.41% | |
| | BJP | Rajendran. A. | 3,797 | 3.54% | −2.12% |
| | Independent | Ahamed Zuber. M. | 253 | 0.24% | New |
| | Independent | Ganesan. M. | 128 | 0.12% | New |
| | Independent | Murugesan. M. | 122 | 0.11% | New |
| | Independent | Kannimuthu. P. | 120 | 0.11% | New |
| | Independent | Pandiaraja. G. | 99 | 0.09% | New |
| | Independent | Venkatesan. S. | 85 | 0.08% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 35,740 | 33.32% | 9.96% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,07,265 | 67.97% | 5.18% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,64,465 | | |
| | TMC(M) gain from INC | TMC(M) gain from INC | Swing | -2.55% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cumbum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | O. R. Ramachandran | 59,263 | 57.21% | 42.43% |
| | DMK | P. Eramar | 35,060 | 33.84% | −12.33% |
| | BJP | M. Ganakasabapathy | 5,860 | 5.66% | New |
| | PMK | A. Saleem Sait | 2,791 | 2.69% | New |
| | Independent | T. Krishnamoorthy | 243 | 0.23% | New |
| | Independent | K. Kaliappan | 198 | 0.19% | New |
| | Independent | K. Abdul Hakkim | 122 | 0.12% | New |
| | Independent | B. Pounraj | 59 | 0.06% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 24,203 | 23.36% | 9.84% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,03,596 | 62.79% | −12.33% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,69,718 | | |
| | INC gain from DMK | INC gain from DMK | Swing | 11.04% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cumbum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | N. Eramakrishnan | 52,509 | 46.17% | −0.78% |
| | AIADMK | Gopalan. R. T. M | 37,124 | 32.64% | −19.52% |
| | INC | Ramasami. O. M | 16,810 | 14.78% | |
| | AIADMK | Syed Khan. S. P. M. M | 6,465 | 5.68% | −46.48% |
| | Independent | Saleth. R. M | 673 | 0.59% | New |
| | Independent | Surulivelu. K. M | 103 | 0.09% | New |
| | Independent | Ziauddin. M. M | 45 | 0.04% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 15,385 | 13.53% | 8.31% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,13,729 | 75.11% | 0.14% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,53,077 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -6.00% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cumbum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | S. Subburayar | 52,228 | 52.17% | 2.96% |
| | DMK | N. Eramakrishnan | 47,005 | 46.95% | 10.35% |
| | Independent | S. Pitchai | 301 | 0.30% | New |
| | Independent | M. Gopal | 127 | 0.13% | New |
| | Independent | A. M. Ajmab Ibrahim | 125 | 0.12% | New |
| | Independent | K. Subburaya | 87 | 0.09% | New |
| | Independent | N. Rajendran | 84 | 0.08% | New |
| | Independent | S. S. Rajendran | 84 | 0.08% | New |
| | Independent | M. S. Ponnusamy | 77 | 0.08% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,223 | 5.22% | −7.38% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,00,118 | 74.97% | 0.58% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,36,730 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 2.96% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cumbum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Gopalan. R. T. | 47,577 | 49.20% | 7.71% |
| | DMK | Cumbum Mahandiran. A. K. | 35,395 | 36.60% | −3.91% |
| | Independent | Chandrasekaran. P. K. R | 12,800 | 13.24% | New |
| | Independent | Chettiar. M. S. Ponnu | 386 | 0.40% | New |
| | Independent | Kamuthurai. S. | 365 | 0.38% | New |
| | Independent | Surulivelu. K. | 173 | 0.18% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,182 | 12.60% | 11.62% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 96,696 | 74.39% | 6.64% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,31,390 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 7.71% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cumbum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | R. Chandrasekharan | 34,902 | 41.50% | |
| | DMK | N. Natarajan | 34,080 | 40.52% | −7.39% |
| | INC | S. Abdul Kader Marikayer | 11,329 | 13.47% | −35.40% |
| | JP | C.K. Jayaprakash | 2,856 | 3.40% | |
| | Independent | S.N. Ponnuswamy | 477 | 0.57% | New |
| | Independent | K. Surulivelu | 465 | 0.55% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 822 | 0.98% | 0.02% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 84,109 | 67.75% | −8.51% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,25,579 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from INC | AIADMK gain from INC | Swing | -7.37% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Cumbum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Gopal K. P. | 34,483 | 48.87% | 8.53% |
| | DMK | Chellathurai P. S. | 33,806 | 47.91% | −11.75% |
| | CPI(M) | Hussain Meer P. | 2,273 | 3.22% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 677 | 0.96% | −18.35% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 70,562 | 76.26% | −2.87% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 99,318 | | |
| | INC gain from DMK | INC gain from DMK | Swing | -10.79% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cumbum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | DMK | Rajangam | 41,440 | 59.66% |
| | INC | N. S. K. S. Pandiaraj | 28,025 | 40.34% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,415 | 19.31% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 69,465 | 79.13% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 89,912 | |
| | DMK gain from Justice Party | DMK gain from Justice Party | Swing | |

### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Cumbum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Justice Party | P. T. Rajan | 24,140 | 42.30% | |
| | INC | Pidathala Ranga Reddy | 22,468 | 39.37% | 39.37% |
| | Independent | Adapala Ramaswamy | 17,144 | 30.04% | New |
| | | Kandula Abula Reddy | 15,235 | 26.70% | New |
| | INC | Ahmed Meeran S. K. M | 12,781 | 22.40% | 22.40% |
| | Independent | Kottaisami Thevar | 9,680 | 16.96% | New |
| | CPI | Jamal Mohideen | 8,101 | 14.20% | New |
| | Socialist | Suggam Purushotham | 2,220 | 3.89% | New |
| | Socialist | Vellaichamy | 803 | 1.41% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,672 | 2.93% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,067 | 66.50% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 85,818 | | |
| | Justice Party win (new seat) | Justice Party win (new seat) | Justice Party win (new seat) | Justice Party win (new seat) | Justice Party win (new seat) |