Arvind Kejriwal wins Time poll, beats Modi

Arvind Kejriwal wins Time poll, beats Modi

 

 

AAM AADMI Party founder Arvind Kejariwal has won Time magazine's readers' poll of most influential people in the world, heating heavyweights including BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, a survey that turned out to be a "competition'' between the two.
Kejriwal. 45. look the first place in lite readers' pull fur the '2014 TIME 100'. Ute annual list of people who influenced the world this past year for better or worse.he received a total of 261.114 'yes" voles from readers, followed by Modi.  who got 164.572 voles in his favour. Congress party Vice President Rahul Gandhi. 43. gol 96.070 voles of which 16.5 per cent said he should he included in the lisi while 83.5 per cent said no.
Time said celebrities like Katy Perry. Justin Bieber and Rihanra ranked high as reader favorites, but the poll turned into a "competition between two men competing in India's ongoing elections".

"Kejriwal. a candidate for a parliamentary seat, came to prominence as the leader of an anti corruption movement in India.' Time said. The publication said there were jnempts to "inflate" the voting numbers, but only legitimate voles were tabulated Tor the final results.

Readers voted on who should and should not he included in the TIME 100 list Modi received 166.360 "no" votes from readers who did  want him to be included in the annual Time list. More than 3.2 mil lion votes were cast in the poll and the poll's winner was decided by raw number of "yes" votes.

Rounding out the top ten finishers after Kejriwal and Modi were singer Katy Perry, singer Justin Bieber. actor laverne Cox. actor Benedict Cumberbatch. singer Beyonce. actor Jared Leto. actor Lupita Nyong'o. singer Lady Gaga and music duo Daft Punk.

Each year. Time publishes an editor-curated list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Before the issue comes out. TIME runs an online poll where readers can cast their vole for to where politicians actors, musicians and athletes should rank on the list.

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