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Opinion polling on the Narendra Modi premiership

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

Overall approval

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By Pew Research Center

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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

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

By Morning Consult

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Area polled Segment polled Polling group Date Approve Disapprove Average Unsure Sample size Polling method Source(s)
Global All adults Morning Consult January 2022 71% 21% 8% 3,000 - 5,000 Interviews [13]
Global All adults Morning Consult September 2021 70% 25% 5% 2,126 Online interviews [14]

By others

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Area polled Segment polled Polling group Date Approve Disapprove Average Unsure Sample size Polling method Source(s)
 India All adults

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August 2024 49% 22% 29% Online interviews
 India All adults [2] 30 May 2022 67% 30% 3% 64,000 [15]
 India All adults IANS-CVoter COVID-19 16 March – 21 April 2020 93.5%
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 India All adults IANS-CVoter COVID-19 25 March 2020 76.8%
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 India All adults IANS-CVoter November 2019 – January 2020 83.1%
(62.3% Very much satisfied)
16.8% 30,240 [19]
Global Online mood ET Magazine September 2019 64%
36% Online [20]
Global Times of India online readers The Times of India May 2017 76%
(48% Very good)
11% 13% 2% >1,000,000 Online [21]

Graph

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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

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COVID-19

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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 [22][23][24]

Historical rankings

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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.[25][26] A YouGov-Mint-CPR survey in 2022 also ranked Modi first, ahead of Jawaharlal Nehru.[27]

References

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  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. ^ "Back with a bang, Mood of the Nation". India Today. 21 January 2021.
  7. ^ "India Today Mood of the Nation: January 2021". India Today. 21 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Mood of the Nation: Pandemic, recession, protests couldn't lock down PM Modi". India Today. 21 January 2021.
  9. ^ "India Today Mood of the Nation: January 2021". India Today. 21 January 2021.
  10. ^ "India Today Mood of the Nation: August 2020". India Today. 8 August 2020.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "India Today Mood of the Nation poll: PM Modi's political invincibility continues, 10 big takeaways". India Today. 17 August 2017.
  13. ^ "PM Narendra Modi gets highest approval rating among global leaders, finds US survey". India Today. 21 January 2022.
  14. ^ "PM Modi's approval rating is 70%, highest among 13 global leaders". Hindustan Times. 4 September 2021.
  15. ^ Desk, India com News (31 May 2022). "PM Modi's Approval Rating Jumps To 67% in 2022". www.india.com. Retrieved 4 June 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  16. ^ a b Bloomberg (30 April 2020). "PM Modi's Popularity soars amid India's Covid fight". Times of India. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Modi's Popularity Soars as India Weathers the Pandemic". New York Times. 16 May 2020.
  18. ^ "93.5% देशवासियों को भरोसा, कोरोना संकट से अच्छे से निपट रही है मोदी सरकार: सर्वे". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  19. ^ "PM Modi Still Popular, Kejriwal Leads Among CMs: CVoter Survey". The Quint. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  20. ^ Layak, Suman (1 September 2019). "Modi 2.0, 100 days: What India is saying online". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  21. ^ "Modi govt gets high approval rating at three-year mark in TOI online poll". Times of India. 25 May 2017.
  22. ^ "Gaon Connection and Lokniti-CSDS Covid Rural Survey 2020-Findings" (PDF). Lokniti.org. Lokniti. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  23. ^ "During lockdown, rural India faced insurmountable sufferings; 74% satisfied with government". Gaon Connection. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  24. ^ "Overwhelming majority of rural Indians satisfied with Modi govt's steps to fight COVID-19: Survey". Outlook. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  25. ^ "Guess who India thinks is the best prime minister of all time". The Indian Express. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  26. ^ "Narendra Modi voted India's best PM again, Atal Bihari Vajpayee comes second". India Today. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  27. ^ "India 75 survey: Modi the most popular PM ever, Nehru second". Mint. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

Further reading

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