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Bihar poll to test Modi's popularity
Bangkok Post
|October 08, 2025
India's eastern state of Bihar will hold its elections in November, the country's Election Commission said, in a contest widely seen as a test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity.
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Modi: Keen to push reforms
The state elections will be held in two phases on Nov 6 and 11, and results will be declared on Nov 14, Chief Election Commissioner of India Gyanesh Kumar said. The latest electoral roll lists a total of 74 million voters, with about a fourth of them between 18 to 29 years of age.
This story is from the October 08, 2025 edition of Bangkok Post.
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