Lula widens lead over Flavio Bolsonaro in Brazil election second-round, CNT/MDA poll shows


Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a ministerial meeting at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, June 3, 2026. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

SAO PAULO, ⁠June 16 (Reuters) - Brazil's President ⁠Luiz Inacio Lula da ‌Silva extended an advantage over Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a ​potential runoff in ⁠the October general ⁠elections, a CNT/MDA poll showed ⁠on ‌Tuesday.

Lula would receive 49.3% of ⁠the votes in a runoff, compared ​with ‌36.8% for Flavio Bolsonaro, ⁠son of ​former President Jair Bolsonaro, according to the poll.

In ⁠an April survey, ​Lula was seen with 44.9% of the votes, and Flavio ⁠Bolsonaro with 40.2% .

CNT/MDA interviewed 2,002 people from June 10-14 in 143 Brazilian ​municipalities. The ⁠survey's margin of error is ​of 2.2 ‌percentage points in either ​direction.

(Reporting by Isabel Teles and Eduardo Simoes)

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