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.
Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party | |
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Abbreviation | CNSPJP |
Founder | Kamakhya Narain Singh |
ECI Status | Former Party |
History
editIn the 1951–52 general elections the party nominated six candidates. It received 236,094 votes and won one seat,[1] with Ram Narayan Singh elected in Hazaribagh West.[2] In the 1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections it won eleven seats.
In the 1957 general elections the party nominated 13 candidates, received 501,359 votes and won three seats;[1] Lalita Rajya Lakshmi in Hazaribagh, Quazi S. A. Matin in Giridih and Vijaya Raje in Chatra.[3] In the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections in the same year it won 23 seats.