Flavio Bolsonaro slightly ahead of Lula in Brazil runoff, Datafolha poll shows


Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party (PL) speaks at a meeting with members of Brazil's Republicans party to announce the party's support for his campaign, ahead of the runoff election, in Brasilia, Brazil, October 7, 2026. REUTERS/Diego Herculano

SAO PAULO, ⁠Oct 8 (Reuters) - Brazilian Senator Flavio ⁠Bolsonaro is slightly leading President Luiz ‌Inacio Lula da Silva in a simulated scenario of the October 25 presidential ​runoff, a Datafolha poll showed ⁠on Thursday.

• ⁠The senator, the eldest son of former ⁠President ‌Jair Bolsonaro, would receive 49% of the vote ⁠compared with 45% for Lula, Datafolha ​poll showed.

• ‌It is the first Datafolha ⁠poll after ​the first-round vote on Sunday, in which the younger Bolsonaro surprisingly ⁠led Lula.

• The poll's result ​still represents a technical tie as the poll's margin of error is ⁠of plus-minus 2 percentage points.

• 5% of the respondents said they would cast a blank vote, and ​undecided voters made ⁠up 1%, the poll showed.

• Datafolha ​surveyed 2,520 people ‌in-person between October 6-7.

(Reporting ​by Andre Romani; Editing by Kylie Madry and Iñigo Alexander)

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