Although a parliamentary democracy, Indian politics has increasing become dynastic, possibly due to the absence of a party organization, independent civil society associations that mobilize support for the party, and centralized financing of elections. Family members have also led the

Congress party The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

for most of the period since 1978 when Indira Gandhi floated the then Congress(I) faction of the party. It also is fairly common in many political parties in

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

. The dynastic phenomenon is seen from national level down to district level and even village level.The three-tier structure of Panchayati Raj created in the 1960s also helped to create and consolidate this phenomenon in rural areas. Apart from government,political families also control cooperative institutions, mainly cooperative sugar factories, district cooperative banks in the state, and since the 1980s private for profit colleges. The ruling

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

also features several senior leaders who are dynasts. In Maharashtra, the

NCP NCP may refer to: Science and medicine * Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (a temporary name for COVID-19), an outbreak that was officially identified in late 2019. * HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein 7 (NCp7), a target of zinc finger inhibitors * Nucleosome ...

has particularly high level of dynasticism. Below is a partial list of the political families of

state in

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The Ambedkar Family *

B. R. Ambedkar Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served a ...

(1891 - 1956) - The Father of the

Constitution of India The Constitution of India (IAST: ) is the supreme law of India. The document lays down the framework that demarcates fundamental political code, structure, procedures, powers, and duties of government institutions and sets out fundamental ri ...

, 1st Minister of Law and Justice, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Labour Member of

Viceroy's Executive Council The Viceroy's Executive Council was the cabinet of the government of British India headed by the Viceroy of India. It is also known as the Council of the Governor-General of India. It was transformed from an advisory council into a cabinet consistin ...

, Leader of the Opposition in the

Bombay Legislative Assembly Bombay Legislative Assembly came into existence in 1937, as the legislature of Bombay Presidency, a province of British India. It functioned until 1960, when separate states of Maharashtra and Gujarat were formed. History The first session of thi ...

and Member of the

Bombay Legislative Council Bombay Legislative Council was the legislature of the Bombay Province and later the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Bombay Province in British India and the Indian state of Bombay. History The Indian Councils Act 1861 set up the Bom ...

. **

Yashwant Ambedkar Yashwant Bhimrao Ambedkar (12 December 1912 — 17 September 1977), also known as Bhaiyasaheb Ambedkar, was an Indian socio-religious activist, newspaper editor, politician, and activist of Ambedkarite Buddhist movement. He was the first and on ...

(1912 - 1977) - Son of B. R. Ambedkar, leader of

Republican Party of India The Republican Party of India (RPI, often called the Republican Party or simply Republican) is a political party in India. It has its roots in the Scheduled Castes Federation led by B. R. Ambedkar. The 'Training School for Entrance to Polit ...

and a member of the

Maharashtra Legislative Council The Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad or Maharashtra Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra states and territories of India, state in western India. Location The seat of the Vidhan Parishad is situated at ...

. ***

Prakash Ambedkar Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar (IAST: Prakāśa Yaśavanta Āmbēḍakar) (born 10 May 1954), popularly known as Balasaheb Ambedkar, is an Indian politician, social activist, writer and lawyer. He is the president of political party called the Van ...

- Son of Yashwant Ambedkar, leader of the

Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi The Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (translation: Deprived Majority Front; VBA) is an Indian political party founded by Prakash Ambedkar on 20 March 2018. The party is primarily based in Maharashtra state. History and background On 1 January 20 ...

, and the former

Member of the Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often ...

(Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha). **** Sujat Ambedkar - Son of Prakash Ambedkar, Activist and Leader of the

. ***

Anandraj Ambedkar Anandraj Yashwant Ambedkar (born 2 June 1960) is an Indian social activist, engineer and politician from Maharashtra. He is head of the Republican Sena (tran: The "Republican Army"). He is the grandson of B. R. Ambedkar, the father of the Indi ...

- Son of Yashwant Ambedkar, Leader of Republican Sena and the

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The Bhosale Family, Satara ▪

Udayanraje Bhosale Udayanraje Bhosale (born 24 February 1966) is an Indian politician serving as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, from Maharashtra since 2020. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Bhosale is the 1 ...

, Former Minister of State in Maharashtra Government. BJP Member of Rajya sabha ▪ Shivendrasinghraje Bhosale, Member of Legislative Assembly. The Bhujbal Family *

Chhagan Bhujbal Chhagan Bhujbal (born 15 October 1947) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. Currently he is Member of 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Yeola Assembly. He also served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 18 October ...

- Member of NCP and Former

Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra The Deputy Chief Minister Of Maharashtra is the deputy head of the executive branch of the Government of Maharashtra and the second highest ranking minister of the Council of Ministers. List of deputy chief ministers See also *List of govern ...

Pankaj Bhujbal Pankaj Chhagan Bhujbal is an Indian politician and member of Nationalist Congress Party, was elected as member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly twice from Nandgaon. He is the son of veteran politician and mass base leader Chhagan Bhujbal. Te ...

- Son of Chhagan Bhujbal. Member of

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 memb ...

Sameer Bhujbal Sameer Magan Bhujbal (born 9 October 1973) is an Indian politician and a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party. He was member of the 15th Lok Sabha representing Nashik in Maharashtra state in India from 2009 to 2014. He is nephew of senior ...

- Nephew of Chhagan Bhujbal. Member of

form Nashik (Vidhan Sabha constituency) 'The Bhumre Family, Paithan *

Sandipanrao Bhumre Sandipanrao Bhumre is an Indian politician and he is Shiv Sena leader from Aurangabad District, Marathwada Marathwada () is a proposed state and geographical region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was formed during the Nizam's r ...

Cabinet minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, � ...

Maharashtra , member of Maharshtra legislative assembly 5 Term ..

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Tha Chavan family ( of Bhausaheb Sonba Anaji Chavan) first SC mayer of Pune Municipal corporation, political party RPI (1971-1972) The Chavan Family (of Dajisaheb) *

Dajisaheb Chavan Dajisaheb Ramrao Chavan (22 August 1916 – 8 July 1973) was an Indian politician and served as a Member of parliament, Lok Sabha for 16 years. A member of the Indian National Congress, he was the former Union Deputy Minister for Defence and Law ...

(1916 – 1973) - Union Deputy Minister for Defence and Law. *

Premala Chavan Premala Chavan (2 July 1918 – 8 July 2003), also known as Premalabai and Premalakaki, was an Indian politician and was a member of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. The Founder-President of the All India Women's Cricket Association, she was ...

(1918 – 2003) - Wife of Dajisaheb Chavan. Member of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha **

Prithviraj Chavan Prithviraj Chavan () (born 17 March 1946) is an Indian politician who was the 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, a state in Western India. Chavan is a graduate of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani and University of Cali ...

- Son of Dajisaheb Chavan. 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra The Chavan Family (of Shankarrao) *

Shankarrao Chavan Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan (14 July 1920 – 26 February 2004) was an Indian politician who served twice as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1975 until 1977 and from 13 March 1986 until 26 June 1988. He was Finance Minister of India from 1988 ...

(1920 – 2004)- Union Minister of Finance and Home Affairs and 5th Chief Minister of Maharashtra **

Ashok Chavan Ashokrao Shankarrao Chavan (born 28 October 1958) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is one of the most influential leaders of Indian National Congress in Maharashtra. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra state from 8 D ...

- Son of Shankarrao Chavan. 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra **

Ameeta Ashokrao Chavan Ameeta Chavan is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party. She is the wife of Ashok Chavan, a former chief minister of the state Maharashtra. She is a Member of Legislative Assembly ( MLA) of the state; she won from ...

- Daughter-in-law of Shankarrao Chavan. Member of

from Bhokar

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The Dange Family *

Shripad Amrit Dange Shripad Amrut Dange (10 October 1899 – 22 May 1991) was an Indian Politician who was a founding member of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and a stalwart of Indian trade union movement. During the 20th century, Dange was arrested by the a ...

- Founding member of the

Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

** Roza Vidyadhar Deshpande - Member of Parliament from Mumbai North Central The Dandavate Family *

Madhu Dandavate Madhu Dandavate (21 January 1924 – 12 November 2005) was an Indian physicist and socialist politician, who served as Minister of Railways in the Morarji Desai ministry, and as Minister of Finance in the V P Singh ministry. Born in Ahmednagar ...

Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Since the Prime Minister of India happened to be the ex-officio chairperson of Planning Commission of India, the position of the deputy chairperson had great significance. List of Deputy Chairpersons of the Plann ...

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

Minister of Railways A Ministry of Railways is a Cabinet department that exists or has existed in many Commonwealth states as well as others. It generally occurs in countries where railroad transportation is a particularly important part of the national infrastructure. ...

Pramila Dandavate Pramila Dandavate (Devanagari: ) (1928–2001) was a political activist from Mumbai, associated with the Praja Socialist Party and later with the Janata Party. Early life and background Pramila Dandavate was born on 27 August 1928 born to Janard ...

- Member of Parliament from Mumbai North Central The Danve Family *

Raosaheb Danve Raosaheb Dadarao Danve (born 18 March 1955) is an Indian politician and current Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Mines in Second Modi ministry. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and got ele ...

- Represents Bhartiya Janata Party in 16th Lok Sabha & formerly Maharashtra President of Bhartiya Janata Party. **

Santosh Danve Santosh Raosaheb Danve (born 15 December 1986) is an Indian politician from Jalna district of Maharashtra. He was the youngest member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and belongs to the Bhartiya Janata Party. Early life Danve is t ...

- MLA The Deshmukh Family *

Vilasrao Deshmukh Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh (26 May 1945 – 14 August 2012) was an Indian politician who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, first term from 18 October 1999 to 16 January 2003 and second term, from 1 November 2004 to 5 D ...

(1945 – August 2012) - MP in the Rajya Sabha, Indian Minister of Science & Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences, former Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, former Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj, Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra for 2 Terms - **

Amit Deshmukh Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh (born 21 March 1976) is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. He is the son of veteran congress leader Vilasrao Deshmukh. He is a three term Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the ...

, son of Vilasrao Deshmukh - Cabinet Minister & Guardian Minister of Latur. **

Dhiraj Deshmukh Dhiraj Vilasrao Deshmukh (born 6 April 1980) is an Indian politician and an MLA of Indian National Congress, and son of Vilasrao Deshmukh. He was elected from the Latur Rural (Vidhan Sabha constituency) to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in ...

; third son of Ex. CM

and Younger brother of

- MLA Member of Legislative Assembly Latur Rural Constituency * Diliprao Deshmukh; Younger Brother Of Vilasrao Deshmukh - Former Minister For Sports Maharashtra Government & Guardian Minister For Latur The Deora Family *

Murli Deora Murli Deora (10 January 1937 – 24 November 2014) was an Indian politician, businessman, and social worker. He was the Mayor of Mumbai, a Member of Parliament in both the Upper and Lower Houses, and a Minister of Cabinet rank. He was a member o ...

Former Cabinet Minister Central Government **

Milind Deora Milind Deora (born 4 December 1976) is an Indian politician and former Union Minister of State (MoS) for Communications & Information Technology and Shipping. He was a Member of the 15th Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India, from ...

Former Minister of Central Government, Son of Murli Deora The Dutt Family *

Sunil Dutt Sunil Dutt (born Balraj Dutt; 6 June 1929 — 25 May 2005) was an Indian actor, film producer, director and politician. Dutt was one of the major stars of Hindi cinema in the late 1950s and 1960s and continued to star in many successful film ...

Ex. Member of Parliament Lok Sabha **

Priya Dutt Priya Dutt Roncon (born 28 August 1966) is an Indian people, Indian politician and social worker. She was elected for the first time to the 14th Lok Sabha from Mumbai North West (Lok Sabha constituency), Mumbai North West constituency in Mahara ...

Ex. Member of Parliament, daughter of Sunil Dutt

F

The Fadnavis Family **

Devendra Fadnavis Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis (Marathi pronunciation: ��ेवेंद्र फडणवीस born 22 July 1970) is an Indian politician serving as the 9th and current Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 30 June 2022. He served as ...

- He served as the 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (CM), in office from 31 October 2014 to 8 November 2019. He was the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra from Bharatiya Janata Party

BJP The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

. *

Shobha Fadnavis Shobha Fadnavis is a Maharashtrian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council and a former minister in Government of Maharashtra. She hails from Mul, Chandrapur district. She represented ...

- Member of

and aunt of

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The Gadakh Family * Yashwantrao Gadakh Patil - is a veteran leader of Nationalist Congress Party from Maharashtra. He served as

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

for 3 terms, also served as Member of legislative council. **

Shankarrao Gadakh Shankarrao Gadakh (born 29 May 1970 in the village of Sonai, Maharashtra, India) is Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Nevasa. Gadakh had wrested the Nevasa seat from the BJP in the 2019 assembly polls by defeating BJP candidate w ...

- current

Cabinet Minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, � ...

Government of Maharashtra The Government of Maharashtra is the state governing authority for the state of Maharashtra, India. It is a democratically elected government with 288 MLAs elected to the Vidhan Sabha for a five-year term. Maharashtra has a Maharashtra Legisla ...

. He was elected as an independent Member of the legislative assembly in 2019 for the second time, and later announced his support to

Shivsena Shiv Sena (IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bombay ...

. The Gaikwad Family *

Eknath Gaikwad Eknath Gaikwad (1 January 1940 – 28 April 2021) was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha and the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He died from COVID-19 in 2021. Personal l ...

** Varsha Gaikwad – current

. She is a four term Member of the

* Sunil Baliram Gaikwad – Member of Parliament

16th Lok Sabha Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India. The results of the election were declared on 16 M ...

from

latur Latur(लातूर) is a city in Indian state of Maharashtra, and is one of the largest cities of the Marathwada region. It is the administrative headquarters of Latur district and Latur Taluka. The city is a tourist hub surrounded by many ...

The Gavai Family *

R. S. Gavai Ramkrishna Suryabhan Gavai (30 October 1929 – 25 July 2015), popularly known as Dadasaheb Gavai, was an Indian politician, social activist, senior leader of the Ambedkarite movement, and founder of the Republican Party of India (Gavai). He w ...

- Governor, MP (Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha), MLC **

Rajendra Gavai Rajendra Gavai is the President of Republican Party of India (Gavai). Occupation Physician, Politician. Early life and education He is the son of the late Kerala Governor R.S. Gavai. obtain M.B.B.S. from Govt. Medical College, Nagpur in 1986. H ...

– Son of R. S. Gavai and President of

Republican Party of India (Gavai) The Republican Party of India (Gawai) is a political party in India. It is a splinter group of the Republican Party of India. The leaders are List of Governors of Kerala, former Governor of Kerala R. S. Gavai and his son Rajendra Gawai.The curr ...

The Gholap Family *

Babanrao Gholap Babanrao Shankar Gholap alias Nana is an Indian politician, from Nashik district. He was Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Deolali Vidhan Sabha constituency as member of Shiv Sena. He had been elected to Vidhan Sabha for f ...

- Cabinet Minister of Social Welfare in Maharashtra Government **

Yogesh Gholap Yogesh Gholap is an Indian politician, from Nashik district. He is Member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Deolali (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Deolali Vidhan Sabha constituency as member of Shiv Sena. He is son of Ex Ministe ...

- Son of Babanrao. Member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Deolali Vidhan Sabha constituency as member of

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena ( IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bom ...

H

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The Khadse Family,

Jalgaon Jalgaon () is a city in Maharashtra, India. The city is located in North Maharashtra, and serves as the administrative headquarters of its namesake district, the Jalgaon district. Jalgaon is colloquially known as the “''Banana City of India ...

Eknath Khadse Eknath Khadse (born 2 September 1952) is a politician and leader of the Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra state. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Muktainagar constituency for six consecutive terms till 2019 ...

, Former Agriculture Minister of Maharashtra. Currently in NCP **

Raksha Khadse Raksha Nikhil Khadse is a politician from Maharashtra and belongs to the Bhartiya Janta Party. She represents the Raver Loksabha seat in lower house of Indian parliament. Personal life Khadse was born in Khetia, Madhya Pradesh. Raksha Khadse ...

, Daughter-in-law of

, BJP MP from Raver constituency The Khan Family,

Parbhani Parbhani (, IPA ) is a city in Maharashtra state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Parbhani District. Parbhani is one of the largest cities in Marathwada region. Parbhani is around away from regional headquarters of Aurangaba ...

Abdul Rahman Khan Abdur Rahman Khan GCSI (Pashto/Dari: ) (between 1840 and 1844 – 1 October 1901) was Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to his death in 1901. He is known for uniting the country after years of internal fighting and negotiation of the Durand Line Ag ...

, Former member of

and

** Irfan ur Rahman Khan, Son of

, Ex Secretary of

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (or Maharashtra PCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Maharashtra. The head office of the organization is situated in Dadar, Mumbai and administrative office in Colaba ...

and Ex Vice President of Maharashtra Youth Congress The Khatal Patil Family,

Sangamner Sangamner is a city and a municipal council located in the Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra state in India. It derives its name from the site of the ''sangam'' (confluence) of three rivers in the area: Pravara, Mhalungi, and Adhala. It is o ...

* B.J.Khatal-Patil, Former Minister of State for Co-operation, Planning etc and Minister of Cabinet for Law & Judiciary, Food & Civil Supplies, Irrigation, PWD, Revenue etc and Congress Member for

The Kshirsagar Family,

Beed Beed (Marathi pronunciation: iːɖ is a city in Marathwada region of Maharashtra state in India. It is the administrative headquarters in Beed district. History Beed is a historical city of possibly medieval origin. Its early history is ob ...

* Kesharbai Kshirsagar, Former

, Lok Sabha and

** Jaydutt Kshirsagar, son of Kesharbai Kshirsagar, Former Minister of public works department and a Shivsena member of

M

The Mohite Family, Solapur *

Shankarrao Mohite-Patil Shankarrao Mohite-Patil was an Indian politician and member of the Congress party. Career He started his legislative career by representing Akluj in the erstwhile Bombay Legislative Assembly from 1952 to 1960. Later he represented the same seat ...

- Member of the

Bombay State Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding Sou ...

Legislative Assembly from 1952 to 1960 as well as in

from 1960 to 1972 **

Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil Vijaysinh Shankarao Mohite-Patil (born 12 June 1944) is a politician from the Nationalist Congress Party and Member of Parliament (MP) for Madha in Maharashtra since the 2014 general election. He is member of Nationalist Congress Party. Prio ...

- Son of Shankarao. Former

State. *** Ranjitsinh Mohite-Patil - Son of Vijaysinh. Former Member of

Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...

. **

Pratapsinh Mohite-Patil Pratapsinh Mohite-Patil (1955–2018) was an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Mohite-Patil was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He won Solapur (Lok Sabha constituency) in Solapur district. He was brothe ...

- Minister for Cooperation in the

-led state government in the late-90s under

Narayan Rane Narayan Tatu Rane (born 10 April 1952) is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He currently serves as Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the Second Modi ministry. He has previously held Cabinet Ministr ...

as well as member of

13th Lok Sabha The 13th Lok Sabha (10 October 1999 – 6 February 2004) is the thirteenth session of the Lok Sabha (House of the People, or lower house in the Parliament of India). It was convened after 1999 Indian general election held during September–Oc ...

from

Solapur Solapur () is a city located in the south-western region of the Indian state of Maharashtra, close to its border with Karnataka. Solapur is located on major highway, rail routes between Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Hyderabad, with a branch line ...

The Mahadik Family, Kolhapur **

Amal Mahadik Amal Mahadik is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Career Amal Mahadik is a first term member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Kolhapur South assembly constituency, Maharashtra. He won the seat from ...

- Son of Appa Mahadik. Former MLA from Kolhapur South (2014 to 2019). **

Dhananjay Mahadik Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik is an Indian politician from Kolhapur district in Maharashtra state. He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Maharastra as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the 16-th Lok Sabha ( ...

- Nephew of Appa Mahadik - Former Member of Parliament

Kolhapur Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarter of the Kolhapur district. In, around 2 C.E. Kolapur's name was 'Kuntal'. Kolhapur is kn ...

(2014 to 2019), current Member of Parliament

. The Mahajan Family *

Pramod Mahajan Pramod Vyankatesh Mahajan (30 October 1949 – 3 May 2006) was an Indian politician from Maharashtra. A second-generation leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he belonged to a group of relatively young "technocratic" leaders. At the time ...

(1949 – 2006) - Parliamentary affairs minister in

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee (; 25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian politician who served three terms as the 10th prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months fr ...

government **

Poonam Mahajan Poonam Mahajan (born 9 December 1980) is an Indian politician who serves as the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Mumbai North Central (Lok Sabha Constituency), Mumbai North Central, Constituency, Maharashtra. She is a member of the Bharatiy ...

- Daughter of Pramod Mahajan. BJP member of Parliament from Mumbai North Central The Munde Family *

Gopinath Munde Gopinath Pandurang Munde (12 December 1949 – 3 June 2014) was an Indian politician from Maharashtra. A popular Leader in Maharashtra called a Lokneta. He was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Union Minister for Rural an ...

(1949-2014) -

, Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj in

Narendra Modi Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from ...

's Cabinet. Brother-in-law of

Pankaja Munde Pankaja Munde (born 26 July 1979), also known by her married name Pankaja Munde-Palwe, is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra and National Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Early life Pankaja Munde was born to Gopina ...

- Daughter of Gopinath Munde.Ex.Minister of Rural Development, Women and Child Welfare in

government ** Pritam Munde - Younger daughter of Gopinath Munde. BJP Member of Parliament from

Dhananjay Munde Dhananjay Panditrao Munde (born 15 July 1975) is an Indian politician, who is currently a member of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and was appointed cabinet minister in Uddhav Thackeray's Maharashtra State Government. Early life and ed ...

- Nephew of Gopinath Munde, former Cabinet Minister in the Government of Maharashtra. Member of NCP

N

The Naik Family (of Vasantrao) *

Vasantrao Naik Vasantrao Phulsing Naik (1 July 1913 – 18 August 1979) was an Indian politician who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1963 until 1975. To this date, he remains as the longest-serving Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Also, he had a cr ...

, 4th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Former Member of Parliament. The longest served Chief Minister of State. ** Avinash Naik, son of

, Former Minister of state. **

Sudhakarrao Naik Sudhakarrao Rajusing Naik (21 August 1934 – 10 May 2001) was an Indian politician from Indian National Congress party who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 25 June 1991 until 22 February 1993 following the communal riots. He had ...

,Nephew of Vasantarao Naik, Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Former Member of Parliament. Founder member of Nationalist Congress Party *** Nilay Naik, Nephew of Sudhakarrao Naik, Member of Legislative Council, Former President of Zilha Parishad Yavatmal. *** Manohar Naik, brother of Sudhkarrao Naik, Ex Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra, Leader of

Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP) is one of the nine national parties in India. The party generally supports Indian nationalism and Gandhian secularism. It is the largest opposition party in Maharashtra and is also a significant party in ...

**** Indranil Naik,son of Manohar Naik, MLA. The Naik Family *

Ganesh Naik Ganesh Naik (born 15 September 1950) is an Indian politician. He is the Bhartiya Janta Party member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly who represented Belapur in the past, and was the Thane Guardian Minister in the state government. He w ...

, Member of legislative assembly and Ex Minister of State excise and non conventional energy, Maharashtra **

Sanjeev Naik Sanjeev Ganesh Naik (born 15 April 1972) is an Indian politician, who became the first mayor of the satellite city of Navi Mumbai at the age of 23. He was the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Member of the 15th Lok Sabha from Thane (Lok Sabha ...

, Ex. Member of Parliament Lok Sabha, Ex.Mayor of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation **

Sandeep Naik Sandeep Naik (born 4 August 1978) is a former member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA). He is the son of former NCP leader, now BJP politician and former State Excise Minister and Non-Conventional Energy Minister Ganesh Naik Ganesh ...

, Ex.Member of Legislative Assembly

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The Pawar Family, Baramati *

Sharad Pawar Sharad Govindrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: �əɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on four occasions. He has held the posts of Minister of Defence and Minist ...

- Former Agriculture Minister of India, Member Of Parliament Rajya Sabha **

Supriya Sule Supriya Sule (; born 30 June 1969) is an Indian politician from the Nationalist Congress Party and currently a Member of Parliament (MP) in the 17th Lok Sabha representing Baramati. She previously served as an MP in the 15th and 16th Lok Sabha ...

- Daughter of

, Member, Lok Sabha Baramati Constituency **

Ajit Pawar Ajit Anantrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: �d͡ʒit̪ pəʋaːɾ born 22 July 1959) is an Indian politician. He is the Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, and was the 8th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra in his ...

- Nephew of Sharad Pawar; Former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra State ***Parth Pawar - Son of Ajit Pawar, Grandnephew of Sharad Pawar ***

Rohit Rajendra Pawar Rohit Rajendra Pawar is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Karjat-Jamkhed constituency in Maharashtra, India. He belongs to the politically influential Pawar family Early life and family Rohit Pawar was born to Rajendra ...

- Grandson of Sharad Pawar, Nephew of Supriya Sule and Ajit Pawar Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Karjat Jamkhed Constituency The Patil family Nilanga *

Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (9 February 1931 – 5 August 2020) was a leader of Indian National Congress party who served as chief minister of Maharashtra. He was chief minister from June 1985 to March 1986. His rule was the briefest of all c ...

- Ex. Chief Minister of Maharashtra State **

Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar (born 20 June 1977) is an Indian politician and leader of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Maharashtra currently representing Nilanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Nilanga constituency, Maharashtra as Member of Mahar ...

-Ex.Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra state, Nephew of

. member of BJP The Vikhe Patil family Nagar *

Balasaheb Vikhe Patil Eknathrao alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil (10 April 1932 – 30 December 2016) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Kopargaon and Ahmednagar (South) constituency of Maharashtra and was a member of the Indian National C ...

Ex. Member of Parliament Lok Sabha. Member of Congress party **

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil is an Indian politician, and a 7 time MLA from Shirdi Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. He is currently Minister of Revenue in the Government of Maharashtra and was the 1st Minister sworn ...

Cabinet Ministerin Government of Maharashtra. Son of

. Member of BJP ***

Sujay Vikhe Patil Sujay Vikhe Patil is an Indian politician and member of the 17th Lok Sabha, representing Ahmednagar constituency, Maharashtra. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He contested his first election of his political career in 2019 of Lok ...

BJP Member of Parliament Lok Sabha, Son of Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil & Grandson of Balasaheb Vikhe Patil The Patil Family Kolhapur *

D. Y. Patil Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil (born 22 October 1935) was an Indian politician who was Governor of Bihar, state in eastern India from 29 May 2012 to 26 November 2014. He is an educator and was a leader of the Indian National Congress from Maharasht ...

- Former Governor of Bihar, India **

Satej Patil Satej Dnyandeo Patil alias Bunty (born 12 April 1972) is a Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council from the Indian National Congress.He served as the Minister of State for Home (Urban), Housing, Transport, Information Technology, Parlia ...

- MLC, State Minister & Guardian Minister of Kolhapur District, Maharashtra The Patil Family Tasgaon (Sangli) *

R. R. Patil Raosaheb Ramrao Patil, better known as R. R. Patil (16 August 1957 – 16 February 2015) was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was an MLA for Tasgaon vidhan sabha constituency from 1991 to 2015. He was an important lea ...

- Ex.Deputy Chief Minister and Cabinet minister of Maharashtra State ** Suman Patil - Member of Legislative Assembly, Wife of

The Patil Family Sangali *Rajarambapu Patil - Former Member of legislative assembly Maharashtra.In the 1960s and 70s, he was influential in establishing many cooperative instituitions such as a bank and a Sugar factory in sangli district. Ajit, J. P. (2013). Financial Analysis of Rajarambapu Co-Op. Bank Ltd., Peth, Dist. Sangli-A Case Study. Advances In Management, 6(6). **

Jayant Patil Jayant Rajaram Patil (born 16 February 1962) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He has been representing Islampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for more than 3 decades. He was the Cab ...

- Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra State, Son of Rajarambapu Patil The Purohit Family * Raj K. Purohit - BJP Chief Whip of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Cabinet Minister) The Paranjape Family * Paranjape Prakash Vishvanath - Shiv Sena MP from Thane Lok Sabha. **

Anand Paranjpe Anand Prakash Paranjpe ( mr, आनंद प्रकाश परांजपे) is an Industrialist and an elected member of the 15th Lok Sabha elections from Kalyan (Lok Sabha constituency), Kalyan in Maharashtra, then representing the Shi ...

- Son of Prakash Paranjape. Industrialist and member of the 15th Lok Sabha from Kalyan representing the NCP.

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The Rane Family *

- Chief Minister of Maharashtra (1999) under the Shiv sena BJP coalition government **

Nilesh Narayan Rane Nilesh Narayan Rane is an Indian Politician. He is from Maharshtra, a state in Western India. Family Nilesh is son of union cabinet minister Narayan Rane. His brother, Nitesh Narayan Rane, represents Kankavli constituency in Maharashtra Legis ...

- Member of Parliament from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg. Son of Narayan Rane. Member of BJP **

Nitesh Narayan Rane Nitesh Narayan Rane (born 23 June 1982) is an Indian politician and a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for the Kankavli vidhansabha constituency. He is the head of the non-governmental organisation "Swabhiman Sanghatana". He is the y ...

- Member of

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Kankavli Kankavli is a city in Sindhudurg district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is an important city due to its central location in the Sindhudurg district. All talukas are at an equal distance from Kankavli city. There is a temple of Shri B ...

. Son of Narayan Rane.Member of BJP

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The Satav Family *Rajni Satav ( Ex Minister of State Maharashtra) *

Rajeev Satav Rajeev Shankarrao Satav (21 September 1974 – 16 May 2021) was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress. At the time of his death, he was the member of the Rajya Sabha the upper house of Indian Parliament from Maharashtra. Bi ...

(Ex MLA , Ex MP

Loksabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-th ...

, Ex MP

, Former IYC President) *

Pradnya Rajeev Satav Dr. Pradnya Rajeev Satav (Marathi: प्रज्ञा राजीव सातव) is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. She was elected unopposed by election in November 2021 to the Legislative Council by MLA ...

(MLC and Vice President

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (or Maharashtra PCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Maharashtra. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the sta ...

) The Solanke Family,

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Sundarrao Solanke Sundarrao Abasaheb Solanke (1927-2014) was an Indian politician who served as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra state. Developmental work The construction of Beed-Parali road, Parali Thermal Power plant, Majalgaon dam, Majalgaon hydroel ...

- Patil, Former

State(1978-1980), Unopposed MLA in 1972, First President of

Zilla Parishad. ** Prakashdada Sundarrao Solanke, Former Minister of State for Revenue in Maharashtra Government (2009-2012). The Shinde Family,

Sushilkumar Shinde Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde (born 4 September 1941) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was the Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Power in the Manmohan Singh government, and the Leader of the House in Lok Sabha until ...

, Former Central Home Minister of India, Former Ministry of Power, Former Governor of AndhraPradesh, Former Chief Minister of Mahrashtra. **

Praniti Shinde Praniti Sushilkumar Shinde is an politician from Maharashtra, India. She is a member of Indian National Congress and a three-time Maharashtra Member of Legislative Assembly, elected from Solapur City Central constituency. She is also Working ...

, Member of Legislative Assembly from Solapur City Central, Mahrashtra, AICC Media Panelist. Daughter of Sushilkumar The Shirole (Patil) Family,

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...

. *

Anil Shirole Anil Shirole, alias Padmakar Gulabrao Shirole, (born 13 September 1950), hails from the Shiledar Shirole ( Patil) family. He represented Pune constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019. He was previously a member of Pune's municipal ...

, Ex-

from Pune. BJP member *

Siddharth Shirole Siddharth Anil Shirole ( mr, सिद्धार्थ अनिल शिरोळे) (born 4 February 1979) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and first time Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing ...

, Present

Member of Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

Maharashtra from Shivajinagar Assembly Constituency Pune. BJP member The Shinde family,

Thane Thane (; also known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city in Maharashtra, India. It is situated in the north-eastern portion of the Salsette Island. Thane city is entirely within Thane taluka, one of the seven talukas ...

Eknath Shinde Eknath Sambhaji Shinde (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, knaːt̪ʰ ʃin̪d̪e born 9 February 1964) is an Indian politician and president of Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena, Shivsena serving as the 20th and Current List of chief ministers of Maha ...

, 20th Chief minister of Maharashtra, Member of Legislative Assembly from Kopri-Pachpakhadi, Maharashtra, Leader of

Party, former Cabinet Minister of PWD in Maharashtra State Government (2014-2019), Appointed as Guardian minister of

Thane District Thane district (Pronunciation: �ʰaːɳe previously named Taana or Thana) is a district in the Konkan Division of Maharashtra, India. At the 2011 Census it was the most populated district in the country, with 11,060,148 inhabitants; however, i ...

(2014-2019) *

Shrikant Shinde Shrikant Eknath Shinde (born 4 February 1987) is a member of the 17th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Kalyan constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Shiv Sena political party. He is son of Eknath Shinde, the Chief Minister o ...

, Member of Parliament 16th Lok Sabha from kalyan constituency, Maharashtra, Son of

The Siddique Family,

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

Baba Siddique Baba Ziauddin Siddique is an Indian politician who was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the state of Maharashtra in India for the Vandre West Vidhan Sabha Constituency. He was the MLA for three consecutive terms in 1999, 2004 and 2009 ...

, Former Minister of state for civil supplies, food, labour and FDA, former member of

Zeeshan Siddique Zeeshan Baba Siddique (born 3 October 1992) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress. He is currently a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. & President of Mumbai Youth Congress. Personal lif ...

, Son of

, Member of

from Bandra west

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The Thackeray Family,

Bal Thackeray Bal Thackeray (; 23 January 1926 – 17 November 2012), also known as Balasaheb Thackeray, was an Indian politician who founded the Shiv Sena, a right-wing pro-Marathi and Hindu nationalist party active mainly in the state of Maharashtra. ...

(Balasaheb) (1926 – 2012) - founder leader and former chairperson of the

Uddhav Thackeray Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: d̪ʱːəʋ ʈʰaːkɾeː born 27 July 1960) is an Indian politician who served as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2019 to 2022. He was also the president of Shiv Sena prior to ...

,Chief Minister Of Maharashtra; leader and chairperson of the Shiv Sena; son of Balasaheb Thackeray ***

Aditya Thackeray Aaditya Uddhav Thackeray (born 13 June 1990) is an Indian Politician who served as a Cabinet Minister of Higher Education, Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Environment for the Government of Maharashtra. He is also an MLA of Maharashtra Legis ...

, Minister (Environment and climate, Tourism, Protocol), Government of Maharashtra; founder and president of Yuva Sena; son of Uddhav Thackeray **

Raj Thackeray Raj Shrikant Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: �aːd͡ʒ ʈʰaːkɾeː born Swaraj Shrikant Thackeray; 14 June 1968) is an Indian politician and the founding chairperson of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a regional political party. Raj wa ...

, nephew of Balasaheb. Founded and heads the breakaway faction called

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (translation: Maharashtra Reformation Army; MNS) is a Regionalist far-right Indian political party based in the state of Maharashtra and operates on the ideology of "Hindutva" and "Marathi" Manus. It was founded ...

***Amit Thackeray, Son of Raj Thackeray MNS Leader

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The Zanak Family * Subhash Zanak - Son of Ramrao. Former Cabinet Minister For Women and Child Welfare,

's Ministry. Member of Congress party *

Amit Subhashrao Zanak Ameet Subhashrao Zanak is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the constituency of Risod, India. He belonged to the Indian National Congress (INC). He was all set to embark on the engineering profession until his father's ...

- Son of Subhash and grandson of Ramrao. Legislator in Maharashtra assembly. Member of Congress party The Zakaria Family *

Rafiq Zakaria Rafiq Zakaria (5 April 1920 – 9 July 2005) was an Indian politician and Islamic religious cleric. He was closely associated with the Indian independence movement and Indian National Congress party. He was known for his advocacy of tradition ...

Former Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha & Cabinet Minister in Maharashtra * Asif Zakaria - Son of Ahmed, Municipal Corporator, Ward No. 101 & Member - Standing Committee, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai

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