Key facts
- Flavio Bolsonaro leads Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva 46% to 44% in a simulated runoff, per Quaest.
- The poll surveyed 2,002 people between September 22 and 23.
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro was slightly ahead of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the October 25 presidential runoff, a Quaest poll showed on Wednesday. The right-wing senator, the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, would receive 46% of the vote compared with 44% for the leftist Lula, according to the poll. A Datafolha poll released Thursday showed Lula leading Bolsonaro by 47% to 45% in a simulated runoff, within the poll's 2 percentage point margin of error. Another Quaest poll commissioned by Globo on September 7 showed Lula and Bolsonaro tied at 41% in a potential second-round runoff.