--- description: The leader of the largest democracy in the world is also leading TIME's poll for person of the year title: Narendra Modi Leads TIME's Person of the Year Poll #TIMEPOY image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b78e496e4ee7d12/6986a5be35ba6fd6b3c0411b/149bc253277f496c888f15e9680a8606-0.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Person of the Year topic](/tag/person-of-the-year-2/) ## Person of the Year topic Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Narendra Modi Leads TIME's Person of the Year Poll by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 27, 2014 3:59 AM CUT  Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India waves to the crowd as he arrives to give a speech during a reception by the Indian community in honor of his visit to the United States at Madison Square Garden, Sept. 28, 2014, in New York. Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India waves to the crowd as he arrives to give a speech during a reception by the Indian community in honor of his visit to the United States at Madison Square Garden, Sept. 28, 2014, in New York.Jason DeCrow—AP by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 27, 2014 3:59 AM CUT [**Vote Now for TIME’s Person of the Year**](http://time.com/3562179/time-person-of-the-year-poll/ "undefined")**.** Narendra Modi, the newly elected Indian prime minister, has a [significant lead](http://time.com/3562179/time-person-of-the-year-poll/ "undefined") in TIME’s 2014 [Person of the Year polls](http://time.com/3562179/time-person-of-the-year-poll/ "undefined"), with 11.1% of the vote as of Wednesday evening. The leader of the world’s largest democracy has raised hopes among Indians that he’ll invigorate the country’s economy and tear down the bureaucratic red tape that has slowed development. **_Should Narendra Modi Be TIME’s Person of the Year? Vote Below for #TIMEPOY_** The Ferguson, Mo., protesters now stand at 8.8% as of late Wednesday, edging out Russian President Vladimir Putin (5.9%), who was TIME’s Person of the Year in 2007, and the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner ever, Malala Yousafzai (5%). The earlier bump for the protesters came amid violent unrest in the St. Louis suburb and subsequent demonstrations that rippled across the U.S. Thousands expressed solidarity with slain 18-year-old Michael Brown’s family following the grand jury announcement not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for causing his death. Crowds from New York to Los Angeles gathered and chanted the rallying cry, “Black lives matter.” Since 1927, TIME has named a person who for better or worse has most influenced the news and our lives in the past year. The Person of the Year is selected by TIME’s editors, but readers are asked to weigh in by commenting on any [TIME Facebook](http://facebook.com/time "undefined") post that includes #TIMEPOY, tweeting [your vote using #TIMEPOY](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23timepoy "undefined"), or by heading over to [TIME.com’s Person of the Year voting hub](http://time.com/3562179/time-person-of-the-year-poll/ "undefined"), where Pinnion’s technology is recording, visualizing and analyzing results as they are received. Votes from Twitter, Facebook and TIME.com’s voting hub are pooled together to create the totals displayed on the site. [You can see the results of the poll and vote on your choice for person of the year here.](http://time.com/3562201/time-person-of-the-year-poll-results/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3608388/person-of-the-year-poll-modi-leads/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3608388/person-of-the-year-poll-modi-leads/"},"headline":"Narendra Modi Leads TIME's Person of the Year Poll","datePublished":"2014-11-27T03:59:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:25:18.713Z","description":"India's leader is well ahead of the Ferguson, Mo., protesters and Russia's Vladimir Putin","url":"https://time.com/3608388/person-of-the-year-poll-modi-leads/","keywords":["Person of the Year topic","India","Narendra Modi","Vladimir Putin","darren wilson","POY"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b78e496e4ee7d12/6986a5be35ba6fd6b3c0411b/149bc253277f496c888f15e9680a8606-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b78e496e4ee7d12/6986a5be35ba6fd6b3c0411b/149bc253277f496c888f15e9680a8606-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Narendra Modi","caption":"Narendra Modi","creditText":"Jason DeCrow—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/person-of-the-year-2/","name":"Person of the Year topic"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3608388/person-of-the-year-poll-modi-leads/","name":"Narendra Modi Leads TIME's Person of the Year Poll"}}]}] ```