Opinion polling on the Narendra Modi premiership

Polling aggregates
	Government evaluation
	Good/Excellent
	Regular
	Bad/Terrible
	Unsure/No Opinion

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

Overall approval[edit]

Area polled	Segment polled	Polling group	Date	Approve	Disapprove	Average	Unsure	Sample size	Polling method	Source(s)
Global	All adults	Morning Consult	Feb 2024	78%	17%		6%		Online interviews
Global	All adults	Morning Consult	May 2023	76%	20%				Online interviews
Global	All adults	Morning Consult	July 2022	75%	19%		5%	4,000	Online interviews
India	All adults	[1]	May 30, 2022	67%	30%		3%	64,000		^[1]
Global	All adults	Morning Consult	March 2022	77%	18%		5%	4,000	Online interviews
Global	All adults	Morning Consult	January 2022	71%				3,000 - 5,000	Interviews	^[2]
Global	All adults	Morning Consult	September 2021	70%	25%			2,126	Online interviews	^[3]
India	All adults	India Today	3–13 January 2021	74% (30% outstanding)	8%	17%	1%	12,232^[4]	Telephone	^[5]
India	All adults	India Today	15–27 July 2020	78% (30% outstanding)	5%	17%		12,071	Telephone	^[6]^[7]
India	All adults	IANS-CVoter COVID-19	16 March–21 April 2020	93.5%						^[8]^[9]^[10]
India	All adults	IANS-CVoter COVID-19	25 March 2020	76.8%						^[8]
India	All adults	IANS-CVoter	November 2019–January 2020	83.1% (62.3% very much satisfied)	16.8%			30,240		^[11]
Global	Online mood	ET Magazine	September 2019	64%	36%				Online	^[12]
Global	India Today online readers	India Today	August 2017	63% (20% very good)	12%	23%	1%		Online	^[13]
Global	Times of India online readers	The Times of India	May 2017	76% (48% very good)	11%	13%	2%	>1,000,000	Online	^[14]
India	All adults	Pew Research Center	21 February – 10 March 2017	88% (69% very favorable)	10% (6% very unfavorable)	–	2%	2,464		^[15]
India	All adults	Pew Research Center	7 April – 24 March 2016	81% (57% very favorable)	16% (6% very unfavorable)	–	3%	2,464		^[16]
India	All adults	Pew Research Center	6 April – 19 May 2015	87% (68% very favorable)	11% (5% very unfavorable)	–	2%	2,452		^[17]^[18]
India	All adults	Pew Research Center	7 December 2013 – 12 January 2014	78% (60% very favorable)	16% (7% very unfavorable)	–	7%	2,464		^[19]

Graph[edit]

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

Issue-specific[edit]

COVID-19[edit]

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	^[20]^[21]^[22]

Historical rankings[edit]

The "Mood of the Nation" survey conducted annually between 2016 and 2021 consistently listed Modi as the most popular prime minister among members of the Indian public.^[23]^[24] A YouGov-Mint-CPR survey in 2022 also ranked Modi first, ahead of Jawaharlal Nehru.^[25]

References[edit]

^ Desk, India com News (31 May 2022). "PM Modi's Approval Rating Jumps To 67% in 2022". www.india.com. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ "PM Narendra Modi gets highest approval rating among global leaders, finds US survey". India Today. 21 January 2022.
^ "PM Modi's approval rating is 70%, highest among 13 global leaders". Hindustan Times. 4 September 2021.
^ "Mood of the Nation: Pandemic, recession, protests couldn't lock down PM Modi". India Today. 21 January 2021.
^ "India Today Mood of the Nation: January 2021". India Today. 21 January 2021.
^ "India Today Mood of the Nation: August 2020". India Today. 8 August 2020.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Bloomberg (30 April 2020). "PM Modi's Popularity soars amid India's Covid fight". Times of India. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ "Modi's Popularity Soars as India Weathers the Pandemic". New York Times. 16 May 2020.
^ "93.5% देशवासियों को भरोसा, कोरोना संकट से अच्छे से निपट रही है मोदी सरकार: सर्वे". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 23 April 2020.
^ "PM Modi Still Popular, Kejriwal Leads Among CMs: CVoter Survey". The Quint. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
^ Layak, Suman (1 September 2019). "Modi 2.0, 100 days: What India is saying online". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
^ "India Today Mood of the Nation poll: PM Modi's political invincibility continues, 10 big takeaways". India Today. 17 August 2017.
^ "Modi govt gets high approval rating at three-year mark in TOI online poll". Times of India. 25 May 2017.
^ Bruce Stokes, Dorothy Manevich, and Hanyu Chwe (15 November 2017). "Three Years In, Modi Remains Very Popular". Pew Research Center.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Bruce Stokes (19 September 2016). "India and Modi: The Honeymoon Continues". Pew Research Center.
^ Bruce Stokes (17 September 2015). "The Modi Bounce". Pew Research Center.
^ Hani Zainulbhai (17 September 2015). "Indians adore Modi". Fact Tank.
^ "Indians Want Political Change". Pew Research Center. 26 February 2014.
^ "Gaon Connection and Lokniti-CSDS Covid Rural Survey 2020-Findings" (PDF). Lokniti.org. Lokniti. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ "During lockdown, rural India faced insurmountable sufferings; 74% satisfied with government". Gaon Connection. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ "Overwhelming majority of rural Indians satisfied with Modi govts steps to fight COVID-19: Survey". Outlook. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ "Guess who India thinks is the best prime minister of all time". The Indian Express. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
^ "Narendra Modi voted India's best PM again, Atal Bihari Vajpayee comes second". India Today. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
^ "India 75 survey: Modi the most popular PM ever, Nehru second". Mint. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.