MAHAPOL POWERLIST Oct 09 Edition

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The complete list of 25 most powerful politicians is as follows -

1. Balasaheb Thackeray (82) SS 0
2. Sharad Pawar (68) NCP 0
3. Raj Thackeray (39) MNS 0
4. Gopinath Munde (59) BJP 0
5. Ashok Chavan (50) INC 0
6. Chhagan Bhujbal (60) NCP 0
7. Uddhav Thackeray (48) SS 0
8. Vilasrao Deshmukh (63) INC 0
9. Narayan Rane (56) INC 0
10. Nitin Gadkari (60) BJP 0
11. Ajitdada Pawar (49) NCP 0
12. R R Patil (52) NCP 0
13. Murli Deora (71) INC 0
14. Gurudas Kamat (51) INC 0
15. Prakash Ambedkar (51) RPI +1
16. Ramdas Athavale (55) RPI +1
17. Praful Patel (53) NCP -2
18. Vinay Kore (37) JSP 0
19. Sushilkumar Shinde (66) INC 0
20. Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil (76) INC 0
21. Manohar Joshi (71) SS 0
22. Vijaysingh Mohite Patil (64) NCP 0
23. Vinod Tawde (45) BJP 0
24. Supriya Sule (39) NCP +1
25. N D Patil (82) PWP Reentry

Party Code

BJP – Bharatiya Janata Party

INC – Indian National Congress

IND – Independent

JSS – Jana Surajya Shakti

MNS – Maharashtra Navanirman Sena

NCP – Nationalist Congress Party

PWP – Peasants & Workers Party (Shetkari Kamgar Paksha)

RPI – Republican Party of India (any faction)

SS – Shiv Sena

Movement on the MahaPol ladder –
0 : Zero indicates that there has been no change in the ranking over the previous month.
+X : Plus indicates improvement in ranking over last month and ‘x’ indicates how many ranks he/ she has moved upwards.
-X : Minus indicates degradation in ranking over last month and ‘x’ indicates how many ranks he/ she has moved downwards.

To understand the methodology used for the ranking click here.

The figure in bracket indicates the age of the politician.

Analysis

• In the run up to the elections, there is no change in the top ten hall of fame.
• Raju Shetty has lost his clout and hence has been thrown out of the top25 list pushing Supriya Sule up by one step.
• N D Patil of PWP has made a reentry into this list after a gap of 5 months!
• Look out for a major shake up once the election results are announced.
  

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