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Datafolha Places Bolsonaro Above Lula, but Maintains the Technical Tie in Brazil

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The Brazilian pollster Datafolha released a measurement on the intention of voting for the second round of the elections in Brazil, in which the right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro stands at the head with about 49%, compared to 45% of the candidate and left-wing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. However, the consultant herself points out that there is a margin of error of 2%, so a scenario of technical tie is maintained. Meanwhile, both Bo…

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Datafolha’s first poll of October 25 shows Flávio Bolsonaro with a four percentage point advantage over the Brazilian president, a difference greater than the 1.87 of the first round. Experts tell La Tercera about the options that the PT leader has to turn these results.

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The Brazilian pollster Datafolha released a measurement on the intention of voting for the second round of the elections in Brazil, in which the right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro stands at the head with about 49%, compared to 45% of the candidate and left-wing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. However, the consultant herself points out that there is a margin of error of 2%, so a scenario of technical tie is maintained. Meanwhile, both Bo…

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Candidates for the Presidency: Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) Photos: Reuters/Mateus Bonom and Diego Herculano In the first survey of Datafolha for the second round, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) has 49% of the voting intentions, while President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) records 45%. They are technically tied, within the margin of error. A 5% portion says that they will vote in white or cancel, and there are 1% ind…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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The election polls for President of the Republic released next week for the second round of the elections, which will take place on October 25, will be followed closely in a potential alternation of power. In most of the latest surveys, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) stood numerically ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula of [...]

The elections in Brazil are entering a crucial phase after the first poll by Datafolha for the second round of the election of Flávio Bolsonaro with 52% of the valid votes before President Lula da Silva with 48%. The race for the presidency of Latin America's largest economy after the first round on Sunday, the 4th [...] The post Brazilian elections: Flávio Bolsonaro leads significantly ahead of Lula first appeared on latinapress News.

Right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro has a small lead over center-left President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ahead of the second round of Brazil's presidential election, to be held on October 25, a poll by the Datafolha institute released on Thursday showed.

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Globo broke the news in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Thursday, October 8, 2026.
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