Modi’s coalition heads for landslide win in a key state election World Nov 14, 2025 10:26 AM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling coalition is on track to win 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.

Leads and partial results Friday from the Election Commission of India, the country’s election watchdog, show the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, or NDA, headed toward a landslide victory in the 243-member legislature in the eastern state of Bihar.

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