Lula, Flavio Bolsonaro tied in Brazil run-off, poll shows


Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends an event in Brasilia, Brazil, February 11, 2026. REUTERS/Mateus Bonomi

SAO PAULO, Feb 25 (Reuters) - ⁠Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leads ⁠all first-round scenarios for October's election but has seen ‌his advantage over Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a potential run-off disappear, an AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll showed on Wednesday.

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(Reporting by Fernando Cardoso; Editing by Gabriel Araujo and Nivedita Bhattacharjee)

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