SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro were statistically tied in a simulated runoff ahead of this year’s presidential election, a Quaest poll commissioned by brokerage Genial showed on Wednesday.
Leftist incumbent Lula would receive 42% of the vote in a second round, compared with 41% for the right-wing challenger.
In an April poll, Bolsonaro had 42% to Lula’s 40%
In a first-round scenario, Lula would take 39%, Bolsonaro 33%, and former right-wing state governors Ronaldo Caiado and Romeu Zema 4% each.
In Brazil, if no candidate gets more than 50% of valid votes, the two frontrunners go to a second-round vote.
Latin America’s largest economy will hold a national election in October
Quaest surveyed 2,004 people between May 8-11 The poll has a margin of error of two percentage points in either direction.