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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

=By Pew Research Center=

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! Segment polled

! Polling group

! Date

! Approve

! Disapprove

! Unsure

! Sample size

! Margin of error

! Polling method

! Source(s)

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|All adults

|Pew Research Center

|25 March – 11 May 2023

| style="background:#006800; color: white" |79%
(55% Very favorable)

|20%

|1%

|2,611

|2.8 percentage points

|Face-to-face

|{{Cite web |last=Huang |first=Christine |last2=Fagan |first2=Moira |last3=Gubbala |first3=Sneha |date=29 August 2023 |title=Views of India Lean Positive Across 23 Countries {{!}} Spring 2023 Global Attitudes Survey |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2023/08/29/indians-views-of-modi-and-other-national-leaders/ |website=Pew Research Center}}

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|All adults

|Pew Research Center

|21 February – 10 March 2017

|style="background:#006800; color: white"|88%
(69% Very favorable)

|10%
(6% Very unfavorable)

|2%

|2,464

|3.7 percentage points

|Face-to-face

|{{cite web |author=Stokes |first=Bruce |last2=Manevich |first2=Dorothy |last3=Chwe |first3=Hanyu |date=15 November 2017 |title=Three Years In, Modi Remains Very Popular {{!}} Spring 2017 Global Attitudes Survey |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2017/11/15/support-for-prime-minister-modi-remains-strong/ |work=Pew Research Center}}

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|All adults

|Pew Research Center

|7 April – 24 May 2016

|style="background:#006800; color: white"|81%
(57% Very favorable)

|16%
(6% Very unfavorable)

|3%

|2,464

|3.2 percentage points

| Face-to-face

|{{Cite web |last=Stokes |first=Bruce |date=19 September 2016 |title=India and Modi: The Honeymoon Continues {{!}} Spring 2016 Global Attitudes Survey |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2016/09/19/2-how-is-modi-doing/ |website=Pew Research Center}}

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|All adults

|Pew Research Center

|6 April – 19 May 2015

|style="background:#006800; color: white"|87%
(68% Very favorable)

|11%
(5% Very unfavorable)

|2%

|2,452

|3.2 percentage points

|Face-to-face

|{{cite web |author=Stokes |first=Bruce |date=17 September 2015 |title=The Modi Bounce {{!}} Spring 2015 Global Attitudes Survey |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2015/09/17/1-the-modi-phenomenon/ |work=Pew Research Center}}

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|All adults

|Pew Research Center

|7 December 2013 – 12 January 2014

|style="background:#006800; color: white"|78%
(60% Very favorable)

|16%

|6%

|2,464

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|{{cite web |date=26 February 2014 |title=Indians Want Political Change {{!}} Winter 2013-2014 Survey |url=http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/02/26/indians-want-political-change/ |work=Pew Research Center}}

=By India Today=

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! Area polled

! Segment polled

! Polling group

! Date

! Approve

! Disapprove

! Average

! Unsure

! Sample size

! Polling method

! Source(s)

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|All adults

|India Today

|2 January – 9 February 2025

|style="background:#006800; color: white"|62%
(36% Outstanding)

|21%

|16%

|1%

|125,123{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20250224-back-with-a-bang-mood-of-the-nation-february-2025-2679928-2025-02-14|title=Back with a bang, Mood of the Nation

|date=21 January 2021|work=India Today}}

|Telephone

|{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20250224-back-with-a-bang-mood-of-the-nation-february-2025-2679928-2025-02-14|title=India Today Mood of the Nation: January 2021|date=21 January 2021|work=India Today}}

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|All adults

|India Today

|3 – 13 January 2021

|style="background:#006800; color: white"|74%
(30% Outstanding)

|8%

|17%

|1%

|12,232{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mood-of-the-nation/story/motn-poll-pandemic-recession-protests-couldn-t-lock-down-pm-narendra-modi-1761508-2021-01-21|title=Mood of the Nation: Pandemic, recession, protests couldn't lock down PM Modi.|date=21 January 2021|work=India Today}}

|Telephone

|{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mood-of-the-nation-survey-2021|title=India Today Mood of the Nation: January 2021|date=21 January 2021|work=India Today}}

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|All adults

|India Today

|15 – 27 July 2020

|style="background:#006800; color: white"|78%
(30% Outstanding)

|5%

|17%

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|12,071

|Telephone

|{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mood-of-the-nation-survey-2020|title=India Today Mood of the Nation: August 2020|date=8 August 2020|work=India Today}}{{Cite web|last=Khan|first=Fatima|date=2020-08-08|title=Narendra Modi is India's best PM, Yogi Adityanath the best CM, finds India Today survey|url=https://theprint.in/india/narendra-modi-is-indias-best-pm-yogi-adityanath-the-best-cm-finds-india-today-survey/477828/|access-date=2020-08-16|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}

Global

|India Today online readers

|India Today

|August 2017

|style="background:#006800; color: white"|63%
(20% Very good)

|12%

|23%

|1%

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|Online

|{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-today-mood-of-the-nation-poll-10-big-takeaways/1/1028161.html|title=India Today Mood of the Nation poll: PM Modi's political invincibility continues, 10 big takeaways|date=17 August 2017|work=India Today}}

=By Morning Consult=

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! Segment polled

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! Date

! Approve

! Disapprove

! Average

! Unsure

! Sample size

! Polling method

! Source(s)

Global

|All adults

|Morning Consult

|January 2022

|style="background:#006800; color: white"|71%

|21%

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|8%

|3,000 - 5,000

|Interviews

|{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pm-narendra-modi-tops-global-leaders-approval-rating-finds-us-survey-1902611-2022-01-21|title=PM Narendra Modi gets highest approval rating among global leaders, finds US survey|date=21 January 2022|work=India Today}}

Global

|All adults

|Morning Consult

|September 2021

|style="background:#006800; color: white"|70%

|25%

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|5%

|2,126

|Online interviews

|{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-s-approval-rating-is-70-highest-among-13-global-leaders-101630772142617.html|title=PM Modi's approval rating is 70%, highest among 13 global leaders|date=4 September 2021|work=Hindustan Times}}

=By others=

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! Disapprove

! Average

! Unsure

! Sample size

! Polling method

! Source(s)

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|All adults

|

[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-26/modi-s-popularity-dips-in-new-poll-as-opposition-leader-gains?embedded-checkout=true]

|August 2024

| style="background:#FFD600; color: black" |49%

|22%

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|29%

|

|Online interviews

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|All adults

|[https://www.localcircles.com/a/press/page/3-years-of-modi-government-second-term]

|30 May 2022

|style="background:#006800; color: white"|67%

|30%

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|3%

|64,000

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|{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=India com News |title=PM Modi's Approval Rating Jumps To 67% in 2022 |url=https://www.india.com/news/india/eight-years-of-modi-govt-pm-modis-approval-rating-jumps-to-67-in-2022-5423768/ |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=www.india.com |date=31 May 2022 |language=en}}

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|All adults

|IANS-CVoter COVID-19

|16 March – 21 April 2020

|style="background:#006800; color: white"|93.5%

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|{{cite news |author1=Bloomberg |title=PM Modi's Popularity soars amid India's Covid fight |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-modis-popularity-soars-amid-indias-covid-fight/articleshow/75466935.cms |access-date=26 October 2020 |agency=Times of India |date=30 April 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/world/asia/coronavirus-modi-india.html|title=Modi's Popularity Soars as India Weathers the Pandemic|date=2020-05-16|work=New York Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/india/93-5-people-says-they-have-full-confidence-on-modi-government-in-handling-coronavirus-outbreak/articleshow/75320836.cms|title=93.5% देशवासियों को भरोसा, कोरोना संकट से अच्छे से निपट रही है मोदी सरकार: सर्वे|website=Navbharat Times|language=hi|access-date=2020-04-23}}

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|All adults

|IANS-CVoter COVID-19

|25 March 2020

|style="background:#006800; color: white"|76.8%

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|All adults

|IANS-CVoter

|November 2019 – January 2020

|style="background:#006800; color: white"|83.1%
(62.3% Very much satisfied)

|16.8%

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|30,240

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|{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/modi-still-popular-bjp-gains-in-west-bengal-ians-cvoter-state-of-the-nation-survey|title=PM Modi Still Popular, Kejriwal Leads Among CMs: CVoter Survey|date=2020-01-26|website=The Quint|language=en|access-date=2020-04-23}}

Global

|Online mood

|ET Magazine

|September 2019

|style="background:#006800; color: white"|64%

|36%

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|Online

|{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/modi-2-0-100-days-what-india-is-saying-online/articleshow/70927037.cms|title=Modi 2.0, 100 days: What India is saying online|last=Layak|first=Suman|date=2019-09-01|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-11-03}}

Global

|Times of India online readers

|The Times of India

| May 2017

|style="background:#006800; color: white"|76%
(48% Very good)

|11%

|13%

|2%

|>1,000,000

|Online

|{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/modi-government/news/modi-govt-gets-high-approval-rating-at-three-year-mark-in-toi-online-poll/articleshow/58808743.cms|title=Modi govt gets high approval rating at three-year mark in TOI online poll|date=25 May 2017|work=Times of India}}

=Graph=

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

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|+Polling aggregates

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Issue-specific

=COVID-19=

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

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! Area polled

! Segment polled

! Polling group

! Date

! Approve

! Disapprove

! Average

! Unsure

! Sample size

! Polling method

! Source(s)

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| All adults

| Gaon Connection and Lokniti-CSDS

| 30 May – 16 July 2020

|style="background:#006800; color: white"| 74.7%
(37.3% very satisfied)

| 14.7%
(6.1% very dissatisfied)

| –

| –

| 25,371

| Face-to-face

| {{cite web |title=Gaon Connection and Lokniti-CSDS Covid Rural Survey 2020-Findings |url=https://www.lokniti.org/media/upload_files/Toplines.pdf |website=Lokniti.org |publisher=Lokniti |access-date=26 October 2020}}{{cite web |title=During lockdown, rural India faced insurmountable sufferings; 74% satisfied with government |url=https://en.gaonconnection.com/gaon-connection-survey-rural-india-faced-insurmountable-sufferings-during-covid-19-lockdown-74-of-respondents-satisfied-with-modi-government/ |website=Gaon Connection |access-date=26 October 2020 |date=14 August 2020}}{{cite web |title=Overwhelming majority of rural Indians satisfied with Modi govt's steps to fight COVID-19: Survey |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/overwhelming-majority-of-rural-indians-satisfied-with-modi-govts-steps-to-fight-covid19-survey/1912942 |website=Outlook |access-date=26 October 2020 |date=10 August 2020}}

Historical rankings

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.{{Cite web |date=2018-08-23 |title=Guess who India thinks is the best prime minister of all time |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/narendra-modi-best-prime-minister-indira-gandhi-5321407/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Narendra Modi voted India's best PM again, Atal Bihari Vajpayee comes second |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/mood-of-the-nation/story/20200817-narendra-modi-india-best-pm-again-atal-bihari-vajpayee-second-indira-gandhi-third-1708885-2020-08-07 |access-date=September 9, 2022 |website=India Today |date= 7 August 2020|language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |date=August 14, 2022 |title=India 75 survey: Modi the most popular PM ever, Nehru second |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/india75-survey-modi-the-most-popular-pm-ever-nehru-second-11660480251959.html |access-date=September 9, 2022 |website=Mint |language=en}}

See also

References

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Further reading

  • {{Cite web |date=16 August 2021 |title=Support for Modi as 'Best Choice for PM' Falls from 66% to 24% in a Year, India Today Poll Finds |url=https://thewire.in/government/narendra-modi-prime-minister-adityanath-india-today-poll |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=The Wire |language=en}}

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