2024 Lok Sabha Election Survey: Who is the 'Best PM Candidate'; How Popular is PM Modi?

The high-stake 2024 Lok Sabha elections are a year away. C-Voter recently conducted a survey to gauge the mood of the nation and to know who is the most popular political leader in India currently. 

In the survey, people were asked to choose who is the ''best PM of Independent India'' among Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Manmohan Singh and Narendra Modi. Out of these, the C-Voter survey got the maximum response to three names - Narendra Modi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Indira Gandhi.

About 47 per cent respondents have chosen Narendra Modi as the "Best PM ever in Independent India,'' according to the recent c-Voter survey.

BJP stalwart and former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee was chosen as a better PM by nearly 16 per cent respondents to the C-Voter survey.

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has been liked by 12 per cent people in the "best PM of Independent India'' category in the C-Voter survey.

Jawaharlal Nehru, with 9 per cent, was the 4th choice in the ''best PM of Independent India'' category. 

In the C-Voter survey, only 8 percent people have chosen Manmohan Singh as a better Prime Minister. 

C-Voter survey shows a decline in PM Modi'popularity. However, he is still the most preferred choice for the PM's post with 52 per cent votes in his favour as compared to Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal, Nitish Kumar and Rahul Gandhi. In the same survey last year, PM Modi was the top choice of about 53 per cent respondents. 

Interestingly, there has been a jump in Rahul Gandhi's popularity due to the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Nearly 14 per cent people prefer him as their ''top choice'' for the PM's post, while last year only 9 per cent people expressed their trust in the Congress MP.