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Although a parliamentary democracy, Indian politics has increasingly 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.[1] Family members have also led the Congress party for most of the period since 1978 when Indira Gandhi floated the then Congress(I) faction of the party.[2] It also is fairly common in many political parties in Maharashtra.[3] The dynastic phenomenon is seen from national level down to district level and even village level.The three-tier structure of Panchayati Raj established in the 1960s also helped to create and consolidate the dynastic 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.[4][5] The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party also features several senior leaders who are dynasts.[6][7] In Maharashtra, the NCP has particularly high level of dynasticism.[7]

Below is a partial list of the political families of Maharashtra state in India.

A

The Ambedkar Family

Main article: Ambedkar family

B

The Bhosale Family, Satara

▪ Udayanraje Bhosale, Former Minister of State in Maharashtra Government. BJP Member of Rajya sabha

▪ Shivendrasinghraje Bhosale, Member of Legislative Assembly.

The Bhujbal Family

'The Bhumre Family, Paithan

Vilas bhumre, chairman of renukadevi sharad sahakari karkhana paithan

C

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)

The Chavan Family (of Shankarrao)

D

The Dange Family

The Dandavate Family

The Danve Family

The Deshmukh Family

The Deora Family

The Dutt Family

G

The Gadakh Family

The Gaikwad Family

The Gavai Family

The Gholap Family

K

The Khadse Family, Jalgaon

The Khan Family, Parbhani

The Khatal Patil Family, Sangamner

The Kshirsagar Family, Beed

M

The Mohite Family, Solapur

The Mahadik Family, Kolhapur

The Mahajan Family

The Munde Family

N

The Naik Family (of Vasantrao)

The Naik Family

P

The Pawar Family, Baramati

The Patil family Nilanga

The Vikhe Patil family Nagar

The Patil Family Kolhapur

The Patil Family Tasgaon (Sangli)

The Patil Family Sangali

The Purohit Family

The Paranjape Family

R

The Rane Family

S

The Satav Family, Hingoli

The Solanke Family, Beed ** Sundarrao Solanke - Patil, Former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra State (1978-1980), Unopposed MLA in 1972, First President of Beed Zilla Parishad.

The Shinde Family, Solapur

The Shirole (Patil) Family, Pune.

The Shinde family, Thane

The Siddique Family, Mumbai

T

The Thackeray Family, Mumbai

The Tatkare Family, Roha, Raigad

The Thorat Family, Ahmednagar

The Tambe Family, Ahmednagar

Z

The Zanak Family

The Zakaria Family

References

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  2. ^ Basu, Amrita (2016). Kanchan Chandra (ed.). Democratic Dynasties: State, Party and Family in Contemporary Indian Politics (1 ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-107-12344-1. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
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  4. ^ Palshikar, S., 2004. Issues in an Issue-less Election: Assembly Polls in Maharashtra. Economic and Political weekly, pp.4399-4403.
  5. ^ Mathew, A. PRIVATE ENGAGEMENT IN MAHARASHTRA HIGHER EDUCATION: FROM PHILANTHROPY TO COMMERCIALIZATION AND RESISTING REGULATION.College Post, April-Jun, 2018, 11-18
  6. ^ "Is the BJP less dynastic than the Congress? Not so, Lok Sabha data shows". 29 March 2019.
  7. ^ a b Kanchan Chandra (28 April 2016). Democratic Dynasties: State, Party, and Family in Contemporary Indian Politics. Cambridge University Press. p. 131,136. ISBN 978-1-316-59212-0.
  8. ^ Thomas Blom Hansen (5 June 2018). Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay. Princeton University Press. pp. 103–104. ISBN 978-0-691-18862-1.
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