Modi's ruling coalition secures landslide victory in key Bihar state election

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is showered with confetti on his arrival at the headquarters of the Bhartiya Janata Party in New Delhi after the National Democratic Alliance led by his party headed toward a landslide victory in the eastern state of Bihar, India, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. - AP

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

Results Friday (Nov 14) from the Election Commission of India, the country’s election watchdog, show the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, or NDA, secured a landslide victory in the 243-member legislature in the eastern state of Bihar.