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)All adultsPew Research Center25 March – 11 May 202379%(55% Very favorable)20%1%2,6112.8 percentage pointsFace-to-faceAll adultsPew Research Center 21 February – 10 March 201788%(69% Very favorable)10%(6% Very unfavorable)2%2,4643.7 percentage pointsFace-to-faceAll adultsPew Research Center 7 April – 24 May 201681%(57% Very favorable)16%(6% Very unfavorable)3%2,4643.2 percentage points Face-to-faceAll adultsPew Research Center 6 April – 19 May 201587%(68% Very favorable)11%(5% Very unfavorable)2%2,4523.2 percentage pointsFace-to-faceAll adultsPew Research Center 7 December 2013 – 12 January 201478%(60% Very favorable)16%6%2,464
By India Today
Area polled Segment polled Polling group Date Approve Disapprove Average Unsure Sample size Polling method Source(s)All adultsIndia Today August 202651%27%17%116,979All adultsIndia TodayJanuary 202657%24%16%125,979All adultsIndia Today1 July – 14 August 202558%(34.2% Outstanding)26%15.3%206,826https://www.indiatoday.in/mood-of-the-nation/story/pm-modis-popularity-plateaus-drop-for-nda-suggests-mood-of-the-nation-2778351-2025-08-28TelephoneAll adultsIndia Today2 January – 9 February 202562%(36% Outstanding)21%16%1%125,123TelephoneAll adultsIndia Today3 – 13 January 202174%(30% Outstanding)8%17%1%12,232TelephoneAll adultsIndia Today15 – 27 July 202078%(30% Outstanding)5%17%12,071TelephoneGlobalIndia Today online readersIndia TodayAugust 201763%(20% Very good)12%23%1% Online
By Morning Consult
Area polled Segment polled Polling group Date Approve Disapprove Average Unsure Sample size Polling method Source(s)GlobalAll adultsMorning ConsultJuly 202575%18%7%Online interviewsGlobalAll adultsMorning ConsultJanuary 202271%21%8%3,000 - 5,000InterviewsGlobalAll adultsMorning ConsultSeptember 202170%25%5%2,126Online interviews
By others
Area polled Segment polled Polling group Date Approve Disapprove Average Unsure Sample size Polling method Source(s)All adultsAugust 202449%22%29%Online interviewsAll adults30 May 202267%30%3%64,000All adultsIANS-CVoter COVID-1916 March – 21 April 202093.5%All adultsIANS-CVoter COVID-1925 March 202076.8%All adultsIANS-CVoterNovember 2019 – January 202083.1%(62.3% Very much satisfied)16.8%30,240GlobalOnline moodThe Economic TimesSeptember 201964%36%OnlineGlobalThe Times of India Online readersThe Times of IndiaMay 201776%(48% Very good)11%13%2%>1,000,000Online
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) (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
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. 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.
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
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