Chennimalai Assembly constituency

Chennimalai is a former state assembly constituency in Erode district in Tamil Nadu, India.

Chennimalai
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Erode
Lok Sabha constituency	Erode
Established	1957
Abolished	1962
Total electors	95,182
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1962	K. R. Nallasivam		Socialist Party
1957	K. P. Nallasivam		Independent politician

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
1962			50.82%
1957			53.00%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chennimalai^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist	K. R. Nallasivam	35,379	50.82%
	INC	K. S. Periasami Gounder	26,978	38.75%	2.88%
	DMK	A. S. Samiappan	5,523	7.93%
	CPI	M. Ramasain Gounder	1,742	2.50%
Margin of victory			8,401	12.07%	−5.06%
Turnout			69,622	75.89%	23.57%
Registered electors			95,182
	Socialist gain from Independent		Swing	-2.18%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Chennimalai^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. P. Nallasivam	22,289	53.00%
	INC	A. Thengappa Gounder	15,085	35.87%
	Independent	S. K. Sundaram	4,682	11.13%
Margin of victory			7,204	17.13%
Turnout			42,056	52.32%
Registered electors			80,381
	Independent win (new seat)