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Flavio Bolsonaro, Lula about even ahead of Brazil election runoff, CNT/MDA poll shows

By Thomson Reuters Oct 24, 2026 | 9:17 AM

SAO PAULO, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro ​and President ‌Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remain about even heading to ‌Sunday’s ​election ⁠runoff, a CNT/MDA ⁠poll showed on Saturday.

The right-wing senator, the eldest son ​of former President Jair Bolsonaro, ⁠would receive ⁠46.3% of ​the vote compared with ​45% for the leftist ‌Lula, according to the poll. Last week, ⁠a poll showed Bolsonaro leading Lula 46.8% to ⁠45.9%.

MDA ‌surveyed 2,032 ⁠people from October ​21 ‌to October 23. ​The ⁠margin of error is 2.2 percentage points.

(Reporting by Eduardo Simoes and Fernando ​Cardoso)