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Flavio Bolsonaro and Lula about even ahead of Brazil runoff, Datafolha poll shows

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SAO PAULO, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are about even heading to Sunday’s election runoff, a Datafolha poll showed on Thursday.

The senator, the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, would receive 47% of the vote compared with 46% for the president, according to the poll. Last week, a Datafolha poll showed the younger Bolsonaro at 47% and Lula at 45%.

• The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

• 5% of the respondents said they would cast a blank vote, and undecided voters made up 2%, the poll showed.

• Datafolha surveyed 2,154 people between October 20-22.

• The senator surprisingly led Lula in the first-round vote earlier this month.

(Reporting by Andre Romani in Sao Paulo; Editing by Chris Reese and Iñigo Alexander)

Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Reuters news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.

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