Despite being called as world’s most popular democratic leader, Modi’s party and alliance only got votes from around 16% of total population(235,974,144/1.4Billion) (70% of population were eligible for 2024 elections). Factors causing this :- 1)A large number of eligible voters not voting is the primary reason for this phenomena.(A large number of indian population is employed in informal low wage jobs, most of the time they won’t go for voting because they won’t get paid leaves. ) 2)first past the post system instead of proporational representation amplies this issue . ( Despite opposition party getting 21.19voting %, they only won 99 seats in Congress/parliament whereas Modi’s party with just 36.56 voting% won 240 seats) 3)urban class are the major vote banks for Modi’s party

You’ve used the entire population of India as the denominator which includes children, noncitizens and others not eligible to vote. If we’re looking at percentage of eligible adults: 24.3% voted for him. If we’re looking at vote share (percentage of total votes) it’s 36.6%.

The US based intelligence firm Morning Consult ranks leaders on approval ratings and he is often ranked high with a 65 to 75% approval rating, which plays into the perception:

pro.morningconsult.com/…/global-leader-approval