Brazil's Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro are neck and neck in presidential runoff, poll finds
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro are in a tight race for the presidency, according to a recent poll. The AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll indicates that Bolsonaro leads slightly with 47.8% compared to Lula's 47.5% in a potential runoff. General elections are scheduled for October, and if no candidate secures over 50% of the votes, a second round will be held.
- ▪Lula and Bolsonaro are statistically tied in a simulated runoff poll.
- ▪Bolsonaro received 47.8% of the vote compared to Lula's 47.5%.
- ▪General elections in Brazil are set for October 2026.
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Brazil's Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro are neck and neck in presidential runoff, poll findsSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxPublished Apr 28, 2026, 07:33 PMUpdated Apr 28, 2026, 08:53 PMListenSAO PAULO, April 28 - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro were tied in a simulated run-off, an AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll showed on Tuesday, ahead of this year's presidential election.• Right-wing challenger Bolsonaro would receive 47.8% of the vote in a second round of voting, compared with 47.5% for the leftist incumbent.• In a March poll, Bolsonaro had 47.6% to Lula's 46.6%.• A BTG Pactual/Nexus poll on Monday had also shown the two frontrunners were statistically tied.• In two first-round simulations, Lula was expected to win between 44.2%…
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