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Brazil's Lula holds lead over Flavio Bolsonaro ahead of election, Datafolha poll shows

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A recent Datafolha poll conducted from September 15 to 17 shows that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leads Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a potential October presidential runoff with 46% and 44% support, respectively. The margin of error is 2 percentage points, indicating a technical tie between the two candidates. In a first-round poll, Lula had 39%, followed by Flavio Bolsonaro at 36%.

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A recent Datafolha poll conducted from September 15-17 shows that Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintains a narrow lead over Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, in the upcoming October presidential election. In a potential runoff scenario, Lula leads with 46% support compared to Flavio Bolsonaro's 44%, which is unchanged from an earlier poll on September 11. Given a margin of error of ±2 percentage points, this result indicates a technical tie. The first-round preference polls show Lula at 39% and Flavio Bolsonaro at 36%. Under Brazil’s electoral system, if no candidate secures more than 50% in the initial round, the top two proceed to a runoff.

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In the runoff scenario, Lula had 46% support and Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, had 44%, unchanged from the previous Datafolha poll released on September 11.

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Brazil's Lula holds lead over Flavio Bolsonaro ahead of election, Datafolha poll shows · assertive framing

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Brazil's Lula holds lead over Flavio Bolsonaro ahead of election, Datafolha poll shows SAO PAULO, Sept 17 - Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva held a narrow numerical lead over Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a potential runoff in the October presidential election, according to a Datafolha poll published on Thursday. uncertain

Silva → hold → Thursday

In the runoff scenario, Lula had 46% support and Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, had 44%, unchanged from the previous Datafolha poll released on September 11. asserted

Bolsonaro → have → September

• With a margin of error of 2 percentage points, the result indicates a technical tie. asserted

result → indicate → tie

• In a first-round scenario, Lula had 39%, compared with 36% for Flavio Bolsonaro. asserted

Lula → have → Bolsonaro

Augusto Cury had 6%, Ronaldo Caiado 4%, Renan Santos 3% and Romeu Zema 2%. asserted

Santos → have → %

• In the previous poll, Lula had 39% and Bolsonaro 35% in the first round. asserted

Bolsonaro → have → round

• Under Brazil's electoral system, if no candidate wins more than 50% of valid votes in the first round, the top two advance to a runoff. asserted

two → win → runoff

• Datafolha surveyed 2,002 people between September 15-17. asserted

Datafolha → survey → September