Two polling companies place the former president with 50/511% of the voting intentions. President Bolsonaro, 36/37%
The latest polls before the crucial elections on Sunday indicate that support for former Social Democratic president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has consolidated, who would gather between 50 and 51% of the support.
President Jair Bolsonaro, on the other hand, would have 36 or 37%, with an increase of between two and three points, indicate the samples carried out by the IPEC and Datafolha companies.
In third place would be the center-right senator Simone Tebet, with 6 percent of the vote over the center-left Ciro Gomes. Other polls see that third place tied at 5%.
In Brazil, 50 percent plus one vote is needed to avoid the second round scheduled for October 30. The calculation of the two polling institutes is without blank votes or annulled votes. Datafolha, which has had a high level of success in past elections, gives 50% to Lula. IPEC, 51%
In this way, the former president would be heading for an overwhelming victory if the predictions are confirmed. Lula never won an election in the first round. He did it in the ballot in his two governments.
One reason for the growth in support would be the sum of Lula’s own votes with those he drags from other parties among voters who are not satisfied with the former president but do not want Bolsonaro to continue in government.
Brasilia Special Envoy