Modi’s Popularity to Be Tested in Key State Poll Next Month (1)

India’s eastern state of Bihar will hold its elections in November, the country’s Election Commission said Monday, in a contest widely seen as a test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity.

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 Monday. The latest electoral roll lists a total of 74 million voters, with about a fourth of them between 18 to 29 years of age.

A victory in Bihar would ease some of the pressure on Modi at ...