Lula maintains lead over Flavio Bolsonaro ahead of Brazil election, Datafolha poll shows


Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the Independence Day parade in Brasilia, Brazil, September 7, 2026. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

SAO PAULO, ⁠Sept 11 (Reuters) - Brazilian ⁠President Luiz Inacio Lula ‌da Silva maintained the numerical lead over Senator Flavio ​Bolsonaro in a ⁠potential runoff ⁠of the October election, a ⁠Datafolha ‌poll showed on Friday.

Lula ⁠is seen with 46% of ​the ‌vote in a potential ⁠runoff, ​against 44% for the senator, a son ⁠of former President Jair ​Bolsonaro, according to Datafolha. The figures did not ⁠change from the previous poll last week.

Datafolha surveyed 2,002 people. The ​poll ⁠has a margin of ​error of two ‌percentage points.

(Reporting by ​Andre Romani; Editing by Chris Reese)

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