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{{Infobox Indian political party
|name=Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party
|eci=Former Party
|abbreviation=CNSPJP
|colorcode={{Party color|Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party}}
|founder=[[Kamakhya Narain Singh]]
}}

The '''Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party''' (CNSPJP) was a political party in [[Bihar]] state in [[India]] founded by the Maharaja Bahadur of Ramgarh, [[Kamakhya Narain Singh]].

==History==
In the [[1951–52 Indian general election|1951–52 general elections]] the party nominated six candidates. It received 236,094 votes and won one seat,<ref name=IV>[https://www.indiavotes.com/party/info/16/2/2 Lok Sabha / Parliamentary election performance - Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janta Party] India Votes</ref> with [[Ram Narayan Singh]] elected in [[Hazaribagh West]].<ref>[https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/winningcandidates/0/1/16 All CNSPJP Winner Candidates in Lok Sabha Election 1952] India Votes</ref> In the [[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]s it won eleven seats.

In the [[1957 Indian general election|1957 general elections]] the party nominated 13 candidates, received 501,359 votes and won three seats;<ref name=IV/> [[Lalita Rajya Lakshmi]] in [[Hazaribagh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hazaribagh]], [[Quazi S. A. Matin]] in [[Giridih (Lok Sabha constituency)|Giridih]] and [[Vijaya Raje]] in [[Chatra (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chatra]].<ref>[https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/winningcandidates/0/2/16 All CNSPJP Winner Candidates in Lok Sabha Election 1957] India Votes</ref> In the [[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Legislative Assembly elections]] in the same year it won 23 seats.

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{{Indian political parties}}

[[Category:Defunct political parties in Bihar]]