BRASILIA (Reuters) - Far-right lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro leads the field for Brazil's October presidential election, ahead of environmentalist Marina Silva, a new poll showed on Thursday.
Bolsonaro, a federal congressman, won 17 percent of voters' support in a simulated first-round ballot, pollster Ibope said, putting him ahead of Silva's 13 percent in a scenario excluding jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The poll was commissioned by the National Confederation of Industry lobby CNI.
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