Lula’s lead over Flavio Bolsonaro narrows ahead of Brazil election, Datafolha poll shows

Il vantaggio di Lula su Flavio Bolsonaro si riduce in vista delle elezioni brasiliane, secondo un sondaggio di Datafolha


Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, September 3, 2026. REUTERS/Adriano Machado (Reuters)

SAO PAULO, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The lead of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva over Senator Flavio Bolsonaro ahead of the October election has narrowed, a Datafolha poll showed on Thursday, following a similar trend seen in other polls.

Lula is seen with 46% of the vote in a potential runoff, against 44% for the senator, a son of former President Jair Bolsonaro. In a mid-August poll, Lula had 47% of the vote, and Bolsonaro had 43%.

• Polls from Quaest and AtlasIntel/Bloomberg had also shown Lula’s lead narrowing in the past few days

• In a first-round scenario, Lula would lead with 38% of the vote, followed by Bolsonaro (33%), Augusto Cury (8%), and Ronaldo Caiado (4%)

• In August, Lula had 39%, and Flavio Bolsonaro, 33%

• If no candidate wins more than 50% of valid votes in the first round, the two frontrunners advance to a runoff, which has happened in every presidential election since 2002

• Datafolha surveyed 2,002 people between September 1-2, and has a margin of error of two percentage points

(Reports by Andre Romani; Editing by Chris Reese and Natalia Siniawski)

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