Opinion polling on the Narendra Modi premiership

A number of opinion polls have been conducted regarding the premiership of Narendra Modi.

Overall approval

By Pew Research Center

Area polled	Segment polled	Polling group	Date	Approve	Disapprove	Unsure	Sample size	Margin of error	Polling method	Source(s)
India	All adults	Pew Research Center	25 March – 11 May 2023	79% (55% Very favorable)	20%	1%	2,611	2.8 percentage points	Face-to-face	[1]
India	All adults	Pew Research Center	21 February – 10 March 2017	88% (69% Very favorable)	10% (6% Very unfavorable)	2%	2,464	3.7 percentage points	Face-to-face	[2]
India	All adults	Pew Research Center	7 April – 24 May 2016	81% (57% Very favorable)	16% (6% Very unfavorable)	3%	2,464	3.2 percentage points	Face-to-face	[3]
India	All adults	Pew Research Center	6 April – 19 May 2015	87% (68% Very favorable)	11% (5% Very unfavorable)	2%	2,452	3.2 percentage points	Face-to-face	[4]
India	All adults	Pew Research Center	7 December 2013 – 12 January 2014	78% (60% Very favorable)	16%	6%	2,464			[5]

By India Today

Area polled	Segment polled	Polling group	Date	Approve	Disapprove	Average	Unsure	Sample size	Polling method	Source(s)
India	All adults	India Today	1 July – 14 August 2025	58% (34.2% Outstanding)	26%	15.3%		206,826[6]	Telephone
India	All adults	India Today	2 January – 9 February 2025	62% (36% Outstanding)	21%	16%	1%	125,123[7]	Telephone	[8]
India	All adults	India Today	3 – 13 January 2021	74% (30% Outstanding)	8%	17%	1%	12,232[9]	Telephone	[10]
India	All adults	India Today	15 – 27 July 2020	78% (30% Outstanding)	5%	17%		12,071	Telephone	[11][12]
Global	India Today online readers	India Today	August 2017	63% (20% Very good)	12%	23%	1%		Online	[13]

By Morning Consult

Area polled	Segment polled	Polling group	Date	Approve	Disapprove	Average	Unsure	Sample size	Polling method	Source(s)
Global	All adults	Morning Consult	July 2025	75%	18%		7%		Online interviews	[14]
Global	All adults	Morning Consult	January 2022	71%	21%		8%	3,000 - 5,000	Interviews	[15]
Global	All adults	Morning Consult	September 2021	70%	25%		5%	2,126	Online interviews	[16]

By others

Area polled	Segment polled	Polling group	Date	Approve	Disapprove	Average	Unsure	Sample size	Polling method	Source(s)
India	All adults	[1]	August 2024	49%	22%		29%		Online interviews
India	All adults	[2]	30 May 2022	67%	30%		3%	64,000		[17]
India	All adults	IANS-CVoter COVID-19	16 March – 21 April 2020	93.5%						[18][19][20]
India	All adults	IANS-CVoter COVID-19	25 March 2020	76.8%						[18]
India	All adults	IANS-CVoter	November 2019 – January 2020	83.1% (62.3% Very much satisfied)	16.8%			30,240		[21]
Global	Online mood	The Economic Times	September 2019	64%	36%				Online	[22]
Global	The Times of India Online readers	The Times of India	May 2017	76% (48% Very good)	11%	13%	2%	>1,000,000	Online	[23]

Graph

This shows only polls with known sample sizes meant to be representative of Indians. Global polls are not included.

Polling aggregates

Government evaluation

Good/Excellent

Regular

Bad/Terrible

Unsure/No Opinion

Issue-specific

COVID-19

The government under Narendra Modi faced the COVID-19 pandemic in India.

Area polled	Segment polled	Polling group	Date	Approve	Disapprove	Average	Unsure	Sample size	Polling method	Source(s)
India (rural areas)	All adults	Gaon Connection and Lokniti-CSDS	30 May – 16 July 2020	74.7% (37.3% very satisfied)	14.7% (6.1% very dissatisfied)	–	–	25,371	Face-to-face	[24][25][26]

Historical rankings

The Mood of the Nation survey conducted annually between 2016 and 2021 consistently listed Modi as the most popular prime minister among Indian public.^[27][28] A YouGov-Mint-CPR survey in 2022 also ranked Modi first, with Jawaharlal Nehru and Atal Bihari Vajpayee being in the second and third places respectively.^[29]

See also

• Opinion polling for the 2014 Indian general election
• Opinion polling for the 2019 Indian general election
• Opinion polling for the 2024 Indian general election
• Opinion polling for the next Indian general election
• List of heads of the executive by approval rating

References

1. Huang, Christine; Fagan, Moira; Gubbala, Sneha (29 August 2023). "Views of India Lean Positive Across 23 Countries | Spring 2023 Global Attitudes Survey". Pew Research Center.
2. Stokes, Bruce; Manevich, Dorothy; Chwe, Hanyu (15 November 2017). "Three Years In, Modi Remains Very Popular | Spring 2017 Global Attitudes Survey". Pew Research Center.
3. Stokes, Bruce (19 September 2016). "India and Modi: The Honeymoon Continues | Spring 2016 Global Attitudes Survey". Pew Research Center.
4. Stokes, Bruce (17 September 2015). "The Modi Bounce | Spring 2015 Global Attitudes Survey". Pew Research Center.
5. "Indians Want Political Change | Winter 2013-2014 Survey". Pew Research Center. 26 February 2014.
6. https://www.indiatoday.in/mood-of-the-nation/story/pm-modis-popularity-plateaus-drop-for-nda-suggests-mood-of-the-nation-2778351-2025-08-28
7. "Back with a bang, Mood of the Nation". India Today. 21 January 2021.
8. "India Today Mood of the Nation: January 2021". India Today. 21 January 2021.
9. "Mood of the Nation: Pandemic, recession, protests couldn't lock down PM Modi". India Today. 21 January 2021.
10. "India Today Mood of the Nation: January 2021". India Today. 21 January 2021.
11. "India Today Mood of the Nation: August 2020". India Today. 8 August 2020.
12. Khan, Fatima (8 August 2020). "Narendra Modi is India's best PM, Yogi Adityanath the best CM, finds India Today survey". ThePrint. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
13. "India Today Mood of the Nation poll: PM Modi's political invincibility continues, 10 big takeaways". India Today. 17 August 2017.
14. "Democratic Leader Approval Ratings: PM Modi tops global list again; where does Trump rank?". The Times of India. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
15. "PM Narendra Modi gets highest approval rating among global leaders, finds US survey". India Today. 21 January 2022.
16. "PM Modi's approval rating is 70%, highest among 13 global leaders". Hindustan Times. 4 September 2021.
17. "PM Modi's Approval Rating Jumps To 67% in 2022". India.com. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
18. Bloomberg (30 April 2020). "PM Modi's Popularity soars amid India's Covid fight". Times of India. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
19. "Modi's Popularity Soars as India Weathers the Pandemic". New York Times. 16 May 2020.
20. "93.5% देशवासियों को भरोसा, कोरोना संकट से अच्छे से निपट रही है मोदी सरकार: सर्वे". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 23 April 2020.
21. "PM Modi Still Popular, Kejriwal Leads Among CMs: CVoter Survey". The Quint. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
22. Layak, Suman (1 September 2019). "Modi 2.0, 100 days: What India is saying online". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
23. "Modi govt gets high approval rating at three-year mark in TOI online poll". Times of India. 25 May 2017.
24. "Gaon Connection and Lokniti-CSDS Covid Rural Survey 2020-Findings" (PDF). Lokniti.org. Lokniti. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
25. "During lockdown, rural India faced insurmountable sufferings; 74% satisfied with government". Gaon Connection. 14 August 2020. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
26. "Overwhelming majority of rural Indians satisfied with Modi govt's steps to fight COVID-19: Survey". Outlook. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
27. "Guess who India thinks is the prime minister of all time". The Indian Express. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
28. "Narendra Modi voted India's best PM again, Atal Bihari Vajpayee comes second". India Today. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
29. "India 75 survey: Modi the most popular PM ever, Nehru second". Mint. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

Further reading

• "Support for Modi as 'Best Choice for PM' Falls from 66% to 24% in a Year, India Today Poll Finds". The Wire. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2024.