TIME 100: 'Most Influential' Kejriwal Beats 'Most Disliked' Modi

TIME 100: 'Most Influential' Kejriwal Beats  'Most Disliked' Modi While Time Magazine's “Person of the Year” — one who the magazine editors feel has “done the most to influence the events of the year” — has been making news since 1927, the  latest readers poll via the magazine's website which sought to select the world’s 100 most  influential people — "who influenced the world this past year for better or worse"— has,  to the surprise of many, placed the Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal and Narendra  Modi in top positions. As the magazine put it: Indian politician Arvind Kejriwal has won the readers’ poll for the 2014 TIME 100, TIME’s annual list of people who influenced the world this past year for better or worse. Celebrities like Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and Rihanna ranked high as reader favorites, but the poll turned into a competition between two men competing in India’s ongoing elections. Kejriwal, who leads the Aam Aadmi, or common man, party, received a total of 261,114 “yes” votes from readers; Kejriwal, a candidate for a Parliamentary seat, came to prominence as the leader of an anti-corruption movement in India. Narendra Modi, the controversial leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and frontrunner to become the country’s next Prime Minister, brought in 164,572 approving votes.  What is even more significant, however, is that Narendra Modi who was also voted as the  most disliked figure in the world, with more people (166,260) voting no as against 164,572  voting yes for him. As TIME notes: Readers could also weigh in on whether figures should not be included in the TIME 100. Modi received 166,260 “no” votes, outnumbering his total “yes” votes. The poll’s winner was decided by raw number of “yes” votes. More than 3.2 million votes were cast in the poll. There were attempts to inflate the voting numbers, but only legitimate votes were tabulated for the final results Please see the full report on the TIME 100 poll at time.com