SAO PAULO, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro’s lead over President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has narrowed ahead of an October 25 runoff, a Quaest poll showed on Wednesday.
The eldest son of former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro would receive 45% of the vote, compared with 44% for the leftist incumbent, according to the poll.
• It was the first Quaest poll released after a television debate between the two candidates on Sunday
• A week earlier, Bolsonaro had 46% of the vote compared with Lula’s 44%
• Quaest surveyed 2,154 people between October 17-20; margin of error 2 percentage points
(Reporting by Gabriel Araujo; Writing by Isabel Teles)
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