Narendra Modi leading the race for Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ contest!

As on 22 Nov 2014 (10:45pm IST), Narendra Modi was way ahead of his rivals with 14.2 % of online vote share.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was at the second position with 6.6 percent vote.

Ferguson protestors are at number three position with 4.5% vote share

Pakistan’s Malala Yousazjai is at number 4 with 4.4 percent vote. Ebola Doctors and Nurses are at number 5 with 3.9% vote share.

US secretary of state John Kerry is at number seven position with 3 percent vote share.

John Kerry, surprisingly, is ahead of both US President Barack Obama and former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton in this racde.

Time has asked its readers to vote for the individual who they think should get the title of Person of the Year and the winner of the reader's choice poll will be announced next month before Time's editors choose the individual from the 50 candidates as the honouree.

In a separate "Face-off" poll, Modi has been pitted against Indonesia's new president Joko Widodo. The other candidates in the fray for the 'Person of the Year' title are US President Barack Obama, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, US Secretary of State John Kerry and former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Among the business chiefs and artists in the fray are Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba founder Jack Ma, auto major GM's first female CEO Mary Barra, Apple CEO Tim Cook and singers Beyonce, Taylor Swift, reality star Kim Kardashian and actress Jennifer Lawrence. Last year's 'Person of the Year', Pope Francis, is also among the candidates along with the 200 Nigerian girls kidnapped by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.