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
| 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 | August 2026 | 51% | 27% | 17% | 116,979[6] | |||
| India |
All adults | India Today | January 2026 | 57% | 24% | 16% | 125,979 | |||
| India |
All adults | India Today | 1 July – 14 August 2025 | 58% (34.2% Outstanding) |
26% | 15.3% | 206,826[7] | Telephone | ||
| India |
All adults | India Today | 2 January – 9 February 2025 | 62% (36% Outstanding) |
21% | 16% | 1% | 125,123[8] | Telephone | [9] |
| India |
All adults | India Today | 3 – 13 January 2021 | 74% (30% Outstanding) |
8% | 17% | 1% | 12,232[10] | Telephone | [11] |
| India |
All adults | India Today | 15 – 27 July 2020 | 78% (30% Outstanding) |
5% | 17% | 12,071 | Telephone | [12][13] | |
| Global | India Today online readers | India Today | August 2017 | 63% (20% Very good) |
12% | 23% | 1% | Online | [14] |
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 | July 2025 | 75% | 18% | 7% | Online interviews | [15] | ||
| Global | All adults | Morning Consult | January 2022 | 71% | 21% | 8% | 3,000 - 5,000 | Interviews | [16] | |
| Global | All adults | Morning Consult | September 2021 | 70% | 25% | 5% | 2,126 | Online interviews | [17] |
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 | [18] | |||
| India |
All adults | IANS-CVoter COVID-19 | 16 March – 21 April 2020 | 93.5% |
[19][20][21] | |||||
| India |
All adults | IANS-CVoter COVID-19 | 25 March 2020 | 76.8% |
[19] | |||||
| India |
All adults | IANS-CVoter | November 2019 – January 2020 | 83.1% (62.3% Very much satisfied) |
16.8% | 30,240 | [22] | |||
| Global | Online mood | The Economic Times | September 2019 | 64% |
36% | Online | [23] | |||
| Global | The Times of India Online readers | The Times of India | May 2017 | 76% (48% Very good) |
11% | 13% | 2% | >1,000,000 | Online | [24] |
Graph
This shows only polls with known sample sizes meant to be representative of Indians. Global polls are not included.
| Government evaluation |
| Good/Excellent |
| Regular |
| Bad/Terrible |
| Unsure/No Opinion |
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Issue-specific
COVID-19
The government under Narendra Modi faced the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
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.[28][29] 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.[30]