Best CM in India: KCR Leads in Performance, Yogi, Kejriwal lead in Polls

Best CM in India: We use a variety of published surveys to arrive at the Best Chief Minister in India

According to the latest India Today MOTN Survey 2023, here is the list of the Best Performing Chief Ministers in India. The survey participants were asked to name the best Chief Minister in India

Yogi Adityanath: 39.1%
Arvind Kejriwal: 16%
Mamata Banerjee: 7.3%

The same survey asked each state’s residents to rate their own Chief Minister. Here are the rankings

Naveen Patnaik
Arvind Kejriwal
Himanta Biswa Sarma

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has been crowned as the best CM in India in its latest Mood of the Nation survey. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are distant 2nd and 3rd. The popularity of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is down 6% as compared to August 2022 while Mamata Banerjee lost 1% in her popularity.

Checkbrand Online an AI tool that tracks Chief Minister’s Reputation Online, here is their Top List

Looking at Chief Ministers with the least anger across the country, here is the list compiled by IANS-CVoter

Bhupesh Baghel
Arvind Kejriwal
Bhagwant Mann

Best Performing Chief Ministers on Per Capita GDP growth (2017-2021)

(> 1 crore population states, Adjusting for Inflation)

Gujarat: Vijay Rupani (Ex)
Andhra: Chandrababu Naidu (Ex), Jagan Reddy (Current)
West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
Telangana: K Chandrasekhar Rao
Karnataka: Siddaramaiah (Ex), HD Kumaraswamy (Ex), BS Yediyurappa (Ex)

Best Performing Chief Ministers on Agriculture growth (2017-2021)

(> 1 crore population states, Adjusting for Inflation)

Telangana: K Chandrasekhar Rao
Tamil Nadu: EK Palaniswami (Ex)
Karnataka: Siddaramaiah (Ex), HD Kumaraswamy (Ex), BS Yediyurappa(Ex)
Andhra: Chandrababu Naidu (Ex), Jagan Reddy (Current)
Maharashtra: Devendra Fadnavis (Ex), Uddhav Thackeray (Ex)

Best Performing Chief Ministers on Rural Unemployment (2018-2021)

Improvement Ranks

Gujarat: Vijay Rupani (Ex)
Jharkhand: Raghubar Das (Ex), Hemant Soren
Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Kamal Nath (Ex)
Assam: Sarbananda Sonowal (Ex)
Telangana: K Chandrasekhar Rao

Best Performing Chief Ministers on Health Index Incremental Growth (2020-2022)

Haryana: Manohar Lal Khattar (Incumbent)
Rajasthan: Ashok Gehlot (Incumbent)
Jharkhand: Hemant Soren (Incumbent)
Andhra Pradesh: Jagan Reddy (Incumbent)
Assam: Sarbonda Sanowal (Ex)

Best Performing Chief Ministers on Law and Order: Incremental Imprevement (2018-2021)

Gujarat: Vijay Rupani (Ex)
Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath (Incumbent)
Karnataka: HD Kumaraswamy (Ex), BS Yedyurappa (Ex)
Punjab: Amarinder Singh (Ex)
Himachal Pradesh: Jairam Thakur (Ex)

CARE ratings, Best States

Maharashtra: Eknath Shinde
Gujarat: Bhupendra Patel
Tamil Nadu: MK Stalin
Telangana: KCR
Karnataka: Basavraj Bommai

Some of the frequently occurring names include – KCR, Yogi Adityanath, MK Stalin, Himanta Sarma, and Arvind Kejriwal.

Yogi Adityanath also frequently appears in surveys pan-India that measure who is the most popular Chief Minister in India.

Best CM in India: Latest Developments

In a resounding triumph, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clinched victory in the Uttar Pradesh civic polls, as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed gratitude to the voters and pledged to prioritize development and good governance. The party’s success in securing mayoral positions in four crucial civic bodies – Jhansi, Ayodhya, Saharanpur, and Vrindavan-Mathura – alongside leading in 13 other civic bodies marks a momentous achievement for the BJP in the local body elections of Uttar Pradesh.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, addressing the media this evening, attributed the party’s success to the tireless efforts of BJP workers and the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Adityanath extended his heartfelt appreciation to the voters for the overwhelming mandate and assured them of his government’s commitment to fostering progress and ensuring efficient governance in Uttar Pradesh