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Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · MLA Sulur · AC 116

Nm SUKUMAR.

N. M. Sukumar won Sulur (AC 116) in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election as the TVK candidate, polling 90,531 votes and defeating AIADMK's V.P. Kandasamy by a margin of 4,790 in a tight three-cornered contest. A 56-year-old 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.

Nm SUKUMAR.
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam

Nm SUKUMAR.

TVKMLA · Sulur
Born
1969/70 (56 yrs in 2026); Vellalur area, Coimbatore
Constituency
Sulur · AC 116
District
Coimbatore
Party
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
Profession
Businessman (real estate and other ventures); first-time MLA, Sulur (TVK)
2026 result
won by 4,790 votes
Education
ITI, Sri Subbaiah Industrial Training Centre, Coimbatore in 1988

At a glance

2026 votes
90,531
in the assembly election
Margin
4,790
votes ahead of runner-up
Constituency
Sulur
AC 116 · Coimbatore
Party
TVK
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
Field size
16
candidates contested
Age
56 yrs
as of 2026
Declared assets
₹4.44 cr
ECI affidavit, 2026
Criminal cases
1 pending
declared in affidavit

Education

Highest qualificationOthers

ECI affidavit (2026)

1 pending criminal case declared in the 2026 ECI affidavit. Total declared assets: ₹4.44 cr.

ItemValue
Total declared assets₹4.44 cr
Liabilities₹60.29 L
Source: Election Commission of India affidavit, March 2026 — collated by myneta.info (view live page).

Career timeline

The 2026 win — Sulur

Nm SUKUMAR. polled 90,531 votes, defeating V P. KANDASAMY. (AIADMK) by a margin of 4,790.

#CandidatePartyVotes
1Nm SUKUMAR.TVK90,531
2V P. KANDASAMY.AIADMK85,741
3Thalapathy MurugesanDMK83,654
4Dr S. RAJASEKARAN.NTK10,147
5NotaNOTA1,353

→ Full Sulur (AC 116) seat page · district: Coimbatore

Family

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

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 an AIADMK candidate rather than the DMK incumbent.

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)

FAQ

Who is N. M. Sukumar?

A 56-year-old 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.

Sources