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Lula Maintains Lead over Flavio Bolsonaro Ahead of Brazil Election, Datafolha Poll Shows

Datafolha found Lula ahead 46% to 44% in a potential runoff, with 2,002 voters surveyed and results unchanged from last week.

  • On Friday, a Datafolha poll showed Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula maintaining a numerical lead over Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a potential October runoff, with Lula at 46% against 44% for the senator.
  • If no candidate secures more than 50% of valid votes in the first round, the two frontrunners advance to a runoff, a requirement that has occurred in every Brazilian presidential election since 2002.
  • In a first-round scenario, Lula leads with 39% of the vote, followed by Bolsonaro at 35%, Augusto Cury with 6%, and Ronaldo Caiado at 4%, according to Datafolha.
  • The polling figures remained unchanged from last week's survey, indicating stable voter preferences as the October election approaches.
  • Datafolha surveyed 2,002 people between Sept 8-10, with a margin of error of two percentage points, providing a methodological foundation for the poll's reliability.
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Lula maintains lead over Flavio Bolsonaro ahead of Brazil election ...

·London, United Kingdom
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Research Datasheet released on Friday (11) shows that President Lula (PT) appears with 46% of the voting intentions, while Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) has 44% in any 2nd round of the presidential election. The result is the same as the previous poll, released on September 3. The survey was commissioned by Globo and the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo. The Datasheet tested five scenarios, in which Lula also faces the candidates Ronaldo Caiado (PSD),…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Cury has 6%, followed by Caiado (4%), Renan Santos (3%) and Zema (2%)

·São Paulo, Brazil
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According to the total votes, the president Lula has 39%, of 38% in the survey of the day 3. Flavius oscillated from 33% to 35% The post Datafolha points Lula with 39% of the total votes and Flavius, 35%, in technical tie in the first round apareceu primeiro em AMAZONAS ATUAL.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintains a narrow lead over Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a new Datafolha poll for a possible runoff in October's presidential election. A recent AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll also found a narrow gap between the two candidates.

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UOL broke the news in São Paulo, Brazil on Friday, September 11, 2026.
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