use Jquery dialog to open the partial view as popup.

Change in View:

//add class to action link and get the actionlink click using .classname in jquery.

@Html.ActionLink(“link text”, “actionName”, “controllerName”,  new {@class=”popupLink”})

<script type=”text/javascript”>
$(function () {
$(‘.popupLink’).click(function () {
$(‘<div id=”popupfooterdiv”/>’).appendTo(‘body’).dialog({
close: function (event, ui) {
dialog.remove();
},
modal: false,
draggable: false,
width: 500,
height: 400,
resizable: false,
//open: function (event, ui) {
//    $(‘.ui-dialog-title’).remove();
//}
}).load(this.href, {});
return false;
});
});
</script>

 

In Controller

[HttpPost]

public ActionResult actionName()

{

return PartialView();

}