Cumbum
P. L. A. Jeganathmishra (TVK) is the MLA for Cumbum.
TVK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 P. L. A. Jeganathmishra won with 40.5% of the vote, 751 votes ahead of N. Eramakrishnan (DMK).
Cumbum is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 17 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Theni
- Area
- about 302 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 70.2%
- Seats sharing a border
- Andipatti · Bodinayakanur
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK P. L. A. Jeganathmishra | 85,394 · 40.5% | DMK N. Eramakrishnan | 84,643 · 40.2% | 751 (0.3 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK N. Eramakrishnan | 104,800 · 51.8% | ADMK S. P. M. Syed Khan | 62,387 · 30.8% | 42,413 (21.0 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK S.T.K.Jakkaiyan | 91,099 · 46.9% | DMK Cumbum N. Ramakrishnan | 79,878 · 41.2% | 11,221 (5.8 pts) |
| 2011 | DMK N. Eramakrishnan | 80,307 · 48.6% | DMDK P. Murugesan | 68,139 · 41.2% | 12,168 (7.4 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Theni district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 8 June (45 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Cumbumpaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Cumbum itself is named in 17 of the district's 384 mentions (4.4%). The seat is too small to chart alone, so this is the district's picture.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Cumbum, last 30 days: topics named in the same items
Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls
Attention follows the week's news; votes follow the seat.
observedofficialTopics and parties: counted in our archive over the last 30 days. Votes: the 2026 election record.
Seats in Theni district
Theni| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andipatti | DMK | 4.4 | 4 |
| Periyakulam | TVK | 9.2 | 1 |
| Bodinayakanur | DMK | 3.1 | 1 |
| Cumbum | TVK | 0.3 | 8 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Latest from Theni district: no recent headline names Cumbum
- தேனி சின்னவாய்க்காலில் இடுப்பளவு தண்ணீரில் இறங்கி கைகளாலேயே குப்பை அள்ளிய கம்பம் எம்எல்ஏ ஜெகநாத்!Tamil originalOneindia Tamil
Sources and method
- Election results, 2026: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in), retrieved 2026-09-28.
- Election results, 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), citing the Election Commission of India, retrieved 2026-10-09. Check applied: the lead equals winner minus runner-up votes and the printed shares agree (702 of 702 seat results passed, 5 corrected from the source's printed totals).
- Vacancies and by-elections: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Boundary: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India). Approximate; drawn for orientation, not an official map.
- Mentions are counted in our archive: articles and videos that name the place in the headline (a seat also counts for its district), by the same rules as the Trends pages. The archive starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026; earlier months are not in our store.
- official = the Election Commission's own record · compiled = a secondary source, checked against its own totals · observed = counted in our sources · computed = derived from those.