Modi's coalition set for big win in a key state election, bolstering his popularity

Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party holding a photograph of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi while celebrating early results in the Bihar assembly elections, in Amritsar on Nov 14, 2025. - AFP

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling coalition is headed to win a key state election in a vote seen as a crucial test of Modi’s popularity in one of the country’s poorest yet most politically influential states.

Partial results Friday (Nov 14) from the Election Commission of India, the country’s election watchdog, showed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, or NDA, expected to take 208 seats of the 243-member legislature in the eastern state of Bihar.