Cumbum Assembly constituency

Cumbum
Cumbum
Constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
LS constituency	Theni
Total electors	2,88,262
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent N. Eramakrishnan
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Cumbum is a state assembly constituency in Theni district in Tamil Nadu, part of the Theni Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Elections were not held in 1957 and 1962. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	P. T. Rajan		Justice Party
1967	Rajangam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
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			51.81%
2016			46.94%
2011			48.58%
2009			73.64%
2006			43.24%
2001			50.73%
1996			54.66%
1991			57.21%
1989			46.17%
1984			52.17%
1980			49.20%
1977			41.50%
1971			48.87%
1967			59.66%
1952			42.30%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Cumbum[2]
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			42,413	20.97%	15.19%
Turnout			2,02,275	70.17%	-3.66%
Registered electors			2,88,262
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	4.87%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Cumbum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. T. K. Jakkaiyan	91,099	46.94%
	DMK	Cumbum. N. Ramakrishnan	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			11,221	5.78%	-1.58%
Turnout			1,94,082	73.83%	-2.38%
Registered electors			2,62,868
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-1.64%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Cumbum
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			12,168	7.36%	5.69%
Turnout			2,16,907	76.22%	5.26%
Registered electors			1,65,321
	DMK gain from MDMK		Swing	5.34%

2009

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

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Cumbum
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			1,958	1.67%	-2.25%
Turnout			1,17,390	70.96%	9.45%
Registered electors			1,65,427
	MDMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-7.49%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Cumbum[3]
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
	PB	Rajan M	552	0.49%	New
	Independent	Sivanandan S	423	0.38%	New
		Saravanan R	294	0.26%	New
Margin of victory			4,386	3.92%	-29.40%
Turnout			1,12,001	61.51%	-6.46%
Registered electors			1,82,109
	TMC(M) hold		Swing	-3.92%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Cumbum
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			35,740	33.32%	9.96%
Turnout			1,07,265	67.97%	5.18%
Registered electors			1,64,465
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-2.55%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Cumbum
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			24,203	23.36%	9.84%
Turnout			1,03,596	62.79%	-12.33%
Registered electors			1,69,718
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	11.04%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Cumbum
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			15,385	13.53%	8.31%
Turnout			1,13,729	75.11%	0.14%
Registered electors			1,53,077
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-6.00%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Cumbum[4]
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			5,223	5.22%	-7.38%
Turnout			1,00,118	74.97%	0.58%
Registered electors			1,36,730
	AIADMK hold		Swing	2.96%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Cumbum
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			12,182	12.60%	11.62%
Turnout			96,696	74.39%	6.64%
Registered electors			1,31,390
	AIADMK hold		Swing	7.71%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Cumbum
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			822	0.98%	0.02%
Turnout			84,109	67.75%	-8.51%
Registered electors			1,25,579
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	-7.37%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Cumbum
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			677	0.96%	-18.35%
Turnout			70,562	76.26%	-2.87%
Registered electors			99,318
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-10.79%

1967

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

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Cumbum[5]
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			1,672	2.93%
Turnout			57,067	66.50%
Registered electors			85,818
	Justice Party win (new seat)

References

"Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
"Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2021". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

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[1] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[election2021-2] "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2021". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

[election2001-3] "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2001". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2023.

[election1984-4] "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 1984". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2023.

[5] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.