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

Overall approval[edit | edit source]

Area polled Segment polled Polling group Date Approve Disapprove Average Unsure Sample size Polling method Source(s)
Global All adults Morning Consult September 2021 70% 25% 2,126 Online interviews [1]
 India All adults India Today 3–13 January 2021 74%
(30% outstanding)
8% 17% 1% 12,232[2] Telephone [3]
 India All adults India Today 15–27 July 2020 78%
(30% outstanding)
5% 17% 12,071 Telephone [4][5]
 India All adults IANS-CVoter Covid-19 16 March–21 April 2020 93.5%
[6][7][8]
 India All adults IANS-CVoter Covid-19 25 March 2020 76.8%
[6]
 India All adults IANS-CVoter November 2019–January 2020 83.1%
(62.3% very much satisfied)
16.8% 30,240 [9]
Global Online mood ET Magazine September 2019 64%
36% Online [10]
Global India Today online readers India Today August 2017 63%
(20% very good)
12% 23% 1% Online [11]
Global Times of India online readers The Times of India May 2017 76%
(48% very good)
11% 13% 2% >1,000,000 Online [12]
 India All adults Pew Research Center 21 February – 10 March 2017 88%
(69% very favorable)
10%
(6% very unfavorable)
– 2% 2,464 [13]
 India All adults Pew Research Center 7 April – 24 March 2016 81%
(57% very favorable)
16%
(6% very unfavorable)
– 3% 2,464 [14]
 India All adults Pew Research Center 6 April – 19 May 2015 87%
(68% very favorable)
11%
(5% very unfavorable)
– 2% 2,452 [15][16]
 India All adults Pew Research Center 7 December 2013 – 12 January 2014 78%
(60% very favorable)
16%
(7% very unfavorable)
– 7% 2,464 [17]

Graph[edit | edit source]

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

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Issue-specific[edit | edit source]

COVID-19[edit | edit source]

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)
20.7%
(7.1% very dissatisfied)
– – 25,371 Face-to-face [18][19][20]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "PM Modi's approval rating is 70%, highest among 13 global leaders". Hindustan Times. 4 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Mood of the Nation: Pandemic, recession, protests couldn't lock down PM Modi". India Today. 21 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "India Today Mood of the Nation: January 2021". India Today. 21 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "India Today Mood of the Nation: August 2020". India Today. 8 August 2020.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Bloomberg (30 April 2020). "PM Modi's Popularity soars amid India's Covid fight". Times of India. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Modi's Popularity Soars as India Weathers the Pandemic". New York Times. 16 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "93.5% देशवासियों को भरोसा, कोरोना संकट से अच्छे से निपट रही है मोदी सरकार: सर्वे". Navbharat Times (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "PM Modi Still Popular, Kejriwal Leads Among CMs: CVoter Survey". The Quint. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  10. ↑ Layak, Suman (1 September 2019). "Modi 2.0, 100 days: What India is saying online". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  11. ↑ "India Today Mood of the Nation poll: PM Modi's political invincibility continues, 10 big takeaways". India Today. 17 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Modi govt gets high approval rating at three-year mark in TOI online poll". Times of India. 25 May 2017.
  13. ↑ Bruce Stokes, Dorothy Manevich, and Hanyu Chwe (15 November 2017). "Three Years In, Modi Remains Very Popular". Pew Research Center.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ↑ Bruce Stokes (19 September 2016). "India and Modi: The Honeymoon Continues". Pew Research Center.
  15. ↑ Bruce Stokes (17 September 2015). "The Modi Bounce". Pew Research Center.
  16. ↑ Hani Zainulbhai (17 September 2015). "Indians adore Modi". Fact Tank.
  17. ↑ "Indians Want Political Change". Pew Research Center. 26 February 2014.
  18. ↑ "Gaon Connection and Lokniti-CSDS Covid Rural Survey 2020-Findings" (PDF). Lokniti.org. Lokniti. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  19. ↑ "During lockdown, rural India faced insurmountable sufferings; 74% satisfied with government". Gaon Connection. Gaon Connection. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  20. ↑ "Overwhelming majority of rural Indians satisfied with Modi govts steps to fight COVID-19: Survey". Outlook. Outlook. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.