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	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

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

Area polled	Segment polled	Polling group	Date	Approve	Disapprove	Average	Unsure	Sample size	Polling method	Source(s)
India	All adults		August 2024	49%	22%		29%		Online interviews
India	All adults		30 May 2022	67%	30%		3%	64,000		[15]
India	All adults	IANS-CVoter COVID-19	16 March – 21 April 2020	93.5%						[16][17][18]
India	All adults	IANS-CVoter COVID-19	25 March 2020	76.8%						[16]
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

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	[22][23][24]

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.^[25][26] 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.^[27]

See also

• List of heads of state by approval rating