Lula’s Lead over Bolsonaro Narrows Ahead of Brazil Vote, CNT/MDA Poll Shows
The poll shows Lula ahead 43.1% to 38%, with a likely runoff and 2,007 respondents surveyed, Reuters reported.
- On Saturday, a CNT/MDA poll showed Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula leading Senator Flavio Bolsonaro 43.1% to 38% ahead of Sunday's first-round vote.
- A September 15 poll previously showed Lula at 40.5% and Bolsonaro at 30.4%, demonstrating Lula's lead widened as the election approached.
- When considering only projected valid votes, Lula reached 47.8% support against Bolsonaro's 42.1%, according to an MDA survey of 2,007 people with a 2.2 percentage point margin of error.
- If no candidate exceeds more than 50% of valid votes on Sunday, the two frontrunners advance to a runoff on October 25, where Lula would receive 47.3% support.
- Bolsonaro greeted supporters at a campaign rally in Santa Barbara do Oeste on October 3, one day before the general election, as the Liberal Party candidate seeks to narrow the gap.
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Aftenposten
NettavisenNeither candidate is likely to win Sunday's presidential election in Brazil outright. Four new polls show a narrow lead for President Lula, but a near deadlock in a second round – with one poll giving Flávio Bolsonaro a narrow advantage.
Brazil goes to the polls today. It promises to be a neck-and-neck race between the left-wing incumbent president Lula da Silva (80) and the radical right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro (45). He is the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup in 2022. Bolsonaro, with a radical right-wing and conservative agenda, advocates for a free market with minimal government intervention and tou…
Svenska Dagbladet
80-year-old leftist veteran Lula da Silva faces right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro as nearly 159 million Brazilians head to the polls on Sunday, with a close election expected in an increasingly polarized political landscape.
Lula da Silva seeks re-election at the age of 80, while Senator Flávio Bolsonaro tries to return power to the pocket camp. In Spain, Valencia is still a stage of protests.
Brazil's left-wing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (80), will face radical right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro (45), the son of Lula's political arch-enemy Jair Bolsonaro, in the first round of the Brazilian presidential elections on Sunday.
The current President of Brazil, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, is ahead of his main rival, Senator Flaviu Bolsonar, and is evidenced by the results of a poll by Datafolha, published prior to the first round of the presidential election.
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