Published : 18 Aug 2026, 01:09 AM
Updated : 08 Sep 2026, 09:33 AM
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a tight lead over Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, his main right-wing challenger, in a potential runoff ahead of October's election, a BTG Pactual/Nexus poll showed on Monday.
* In a simulated second-round runoff, the leftist Lula would receive 47 percent of voter support compared with 44 percent for Bolsonaro, unchanged from last week's poll.
* The poll has a margin of error of two percentage points.
* In a first-round scenario, Lula would lead with 41 percent of the vote, followed by Bolsonaro at 36 per cent, each up one percentage point from a week earlier.
* Senator Bolsonaro is the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
* If no candidate wins more than 50 percent of valid votes in the first round, the two frontrunners advance to a runoff.
* The poll surveyed 2,003 people from Aug 14-16.
