Jeganathmishra Pla of TVK won the Cumbum Assembly constituency (Theni district, Madurai Region) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 40.55% of 210,574 votes cast. The winning margin over Eramakrishnan N (DMK) was 751 votes, or 0.36 percentage points. The seat flipped from DMK to TVK since 2021.

TVK
Winning party
40.55%
Winner vote share
751
Margin (0.36%)
DMK → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner

Full candidate results, Cumbum 2026

#CandidatePartyVotesVote %
1Jeganathmishra Pla WinnerTVK85,394
2Eramakrishnan N 2ndDMK84,643
3Jakkaiyan S.T.K.ADMK27,307
4Anbuselvi ANTK9,599
5NotaNOTA667
6Muthu Bagavathi M.Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi431
7Rajamohammed TIND422
8Kathiravan SNew Generation People's Party319
9Prakash P.IND254
10Muthuselvam G.IND214
11Thasthakeer IIND196
12Ashok Kumar AIND184
13Prakash P.IND181
14Arunkumar AIND161
15Vinoth Kumar RIND154
16Saravanan S.R.IND111
17Balan RIND106
18Rajadurai SIND98
19Nanthakumar A.IND71
20Subramaniyam L RIND62

How Cumbum compares to 2021

YearWinning candidatePartyVote share
2021N.RamakrishnanDMK51.81%
2026JEGANATHMISHRA PLATVK40.55%

The seat changed hands, a swing of -11.26 percentage points in the winning vote share.

This page is part of the full Tamil Nadu 2026 election results set. Explore every seat, party efficiency, regional swing and demographics in the TN 2026 Explorer. For the wider story, see TVK’s debut mapped, the incumbents who lost, and how DMK collapsed.