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Flavio Bolsonaro and Lula about even ahead of Brazil runoff, Datafolha poll shows

By Thomson Reuters Oct 22, 2026 | 5:16 PM

SAO PAULO, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inacio ​Lula da Silva are ‌about even heading to Sunday’s election runoff, a Datafolha poll showed on Thursday.

The senator, the ‌eldest ​son of former ⁠President Jair Bolsonaro, ⁠would receive 47% of the vote compared with 46% for the president, according ​to the poll. Last week, a Datafolha poll ⁠showed the younger ⁠Bolsonaro at 47% and ​Lula at 45%.

• The poll ​has a margin of error ‌of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

• 5% of the respondents said they ⁠would cast a blank vote, and undecided voters made up 2%, ⁠the ‌poll showed.

• Datafolha surveyed ⁠2,154 people between ​October ‌20-22.

• The senator surprisingly ​led Lula ⁠in the first-round vote earlier this month.

(Reporting by Andre Romani in Sao Paulo; Editing by Chris Reese and ​Iñigo Alexander)