Yogi Adityanath is India's most popular chief minister: MOTN survey

The India Today-CVoter Mood of the Nation survey on the most popular Chief Ministers across India shows Yogi Adityanath in the lead with 36% of the votes, an increase of one percent since February. Mamata Banerjee is second with 13%, and Chandrababu Naidu is third with 7%. In terms of popularity within their home states, Assam's Himanta Biswa Sarma is number one.

The India Today-Cvoter Mood of the Nation (MOTN) poll was conducted between July 1 and August 14, 2025, surveying 54,788 individuals across all Lok Sabha segments. An additional 1,52,038 interviews from CVoter's regular tracker data were also analysed. Thus, the opinion of a total of 2,06,826 respondents was considered for this MOTN report.