Cumbum
Constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
LS constituencyTheni
Total electors2,88,262
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DMK
Elected year2021

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 Party
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

  1. ↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2021". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Tamil Nadu General Legislative Election 2001". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  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.

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