To gauge the mood of the country, India Today in collaboration with C-Voter has conducted a ‘Mood of the Nation’ survey. The sample size of the survey was 2,06,826. Whereas the date of survey was between 1 July 2025 to 14 August 2025.
During the survey, people were asked who is the contender for the post of PM after Narendra Modi? People have given their feedback on this.
Who is the contender for the post of PM in BJP?
After PM Modi, three faces were put forward as contenders for the post of PM in BJP. The survey has revealed that 28 percent people have given importance to Amit Shah. In this way, from the public’s side he seems to be ahead in this race.
People saw the next option in UP CM Yogi Adityanath. 26 percent people have chosen him as the contender for the next PM. People have shown the least interest in the third option Nitin Gadkari and he has got only seven percent votes.
Who is the contender for the next Prime Minister?
In the MOTN survey, when it was asked who is the best face to be the next PM, 52 percent people still gave preference to PM Modi. Whereas Rahul Gandhi has got only percentage of votes.
How was Rahul Gandhi’s performance as Leader of Opposition?
In response to this question, 28 percent people said – very good, 22 percent people said – good, in the eyes of 16 percent people, Rahul Gandhi’s performance has been average, 15 percent people believe that his performance has been bad and 12 percent people believe that Rahul Gandhi has performed very poorly as an opposition leader.
Survey sample size
India Today C Voter Mood of the Nation Survey has taken the opinion of 54 thousand 788 adults of every age group, caste, religion, gender in all the states and Lok Sabha constituencies of the country between July 1 and August 14, 2025. Apart from this, cases were taken from 1 lakh 52 thousand 38 people in the last 24 weeks. Analysis of opinion has also been included in it. In this way, a summary of the opinions of a total of 2 lakh 6 thousand 826 people is now in front of you. There may be a margin error of 3 percent in these figures at a rough level and 5 percent at a granular level.