MLA · 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly (2026–31)Former MLA · 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly (2026–31)

N. M. Sukumar
  • Won 2026 by 4,790

N. M. Sukumar

என். எம். சுகுமார்

MLA for Sulur since May 2026MLA for Sulur, 2026–31TVK

  • AC 116 · Coimbatore district
  • Sitting MLA · 17th Assembly (2026–31)
  • Age 56 at the 2026 election
declared assets
₹4.44 cr
pending criminal cases
1
times elected MLA
1

Assets, cases and education as declared in the 2026 sworn affidavit to the Election Commission of India. The cases are pending, not convictions. Age: from the Election Commission's candidate profile.

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Career

N. M. Sukumar: the career, year by year

First elected to the Assembly in 2026

  • Assembly win
  • Office held
  • Party
  1. 1988

    ITI from Sri Subbaiah Industrial Training Centre, Coimbatore.

  2. Pre-2024

    Built a real-estate and trading business in the Vellalur belt of Coimbatore.

  3. Earlier

    Was associated with the AIADMK and later the DMK, where he sought a local-body council ticket from Vellalur panchayat.

  4. 2024–25

    Left DMK after being denied the local-body candidacy he had sought, per Vikatan reporting; joined TVK.

  5. Mar 2026

    Named TVK candidate for Sulur and filed nomination from Coimbatore — thanked Vijay for the opportunity in a public statement to IANS.

  6. 4 May 2026

    Won Sulur for the TVK (polling was on 23 April).

    See the full 2026 result
  7. 11 May 2026

    Took oath as MLA in the 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

Profile

About N. M. Sukumar

A Coimbatore businessman from the Vellalur area, he is a first-time legislator and a former DMK worker who switched to TVK after being denied a local-body candidacy.

Party
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
Born
1969/70; Vellalur area, Coimbatore
Profession
Businessman (real estate and other ventures); first-time MLA of 2026, Sulur (TVK)
District
Coimbatore

Education

  • 1988ITI — Sri Subbaiah Industrial Training Centre, Coimbatore.

Party & ideology

Sukumar's switch tracks a recurring 2026 pattern — Kongu-belt local workers leaving the established parties for TVK after being passed over on tickets. His own framing in the Sulur campaign cast Coimbatore as 'now a TVK stronghold, not AIADMK or DMK,' a line he repeated in IANS and YouTube interviews. The Sulur win was one of the tighter TVK victories in Coimbatore district, against the sitting AIADMK MLA, V. P. Kandasamy, who had won Sulur in 2021.

Family

Son of Nachimuthu Thevar; spouse listed as a homemaker per his 2026 ECI affidavit.

Notable statements

“I am deeply grateful to our party chief, Vijay, for giving me the opportunity to contest. — N. M. Sukumar, on filing his Sulur nomination, IANS (March 2026)”

“Coimbatore is now a TVK stronghold, not AIADMK or DMK. — N. M. Sukumar, campaign interview (March 2026)”

Questions people ask

Who is N. M. Sukumar?

A Coimbatore businessman from the Vellalur area and a first-time TVK MLA from Sulur (AC 116). He holds an ITI qualification from Sri Subbaiah Industrial Training Centre, Coimbatore.

Why did he leave DMK?

Per Vikatan's reporting, Sukumar was denied the local-body council candidacy he had sought from Vellalur panchayat, and left DMK in dissatisfaction before joining TVK ahead of the 2026 cycle.

What does his ECI affidavit show?

Total assets of about Rs 4.44 crore against Rs 60.28 lakh in liabilities. He has one pending criminal case framed in May 2022 with charges including criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy under IPC sections 120B, 406, 409, 465 and 419; no convictions.

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