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Lula and Bolsonaro locked in dead heat two weeks before Brazil election

Multiple polls show the incumbent and his right-wing challenger essentially tied as fresh fraud revelations cloud the race.

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What to know

  • Lula and Bolsonaro are statistically tied in multiple independent polls 11 days before Brazil's October 4 election, with leads of 1–2 percentage points consistently falling within poll margins of error.
  • Bolsonaro faces fresh revelations about ties to a jailed banker involved in a major fraud scheme, but the scandal has not yet moved the race in Lula's favor.
  • If no candidate wins over 50% of valid votes in the first round, the top two advance to an October 25 runoff—a scenario most polls now simulate given the fragmented field.

“Senator Bolsonaro is the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for attempting to overturn his 2022 election defeat to Lula.”

Al Jazeera · Al Jazeera ↗

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Lula and Bolsonaro locked in dead heat two weeks before Brazil election
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  1. 4

    Latest polls confirm Lula-Bolsonaro tie within margins of error

    New polling from Datafolha, Quaest, and BTG Pactual/Nexus shows the candidates in statistical dead heats across multiple scenarios. Datafolha has Lula up 2 points; Quaest shows Bolsonaro at 42% to Lula's 41%; BTG Pactual/Nexus has Lula at 46% to Bolsonaro's 45%.

    “Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is up 2 points, but that's still within the poll's margin of error.”
    — Al Jazeera

    • Good one!! "As # Brazilians head into national # elections , there’s a familiar name on the ballot: Bolsonaro. Not former President Jair Bolsonaro. It’s his son Flavio, who is presenting himself to the electorate as a more moderate version of his father. Election coverage has been dominated by a major corruption scandal - the biggest banking fraud…

      eliasulrich@hachyderm.ioMastodon7h ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
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    • GeoWire@mastodon.social

      ⚡ NEWS Brazil Presidential Election: Lula vs. Flavio Bolsonaro Brazilians vote on October 4 in a presidential election featuring incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against Flavio Bolsonaro. The contest highlights a geopolitical divide, with Flavio advocating for closer ties to the US and distancing from China, contrasting... 📰 https://www…

      GeoWire@mastodon.socialMastodon2d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
    all of them →
  2. 3

    Bloomberg reports Bolsonaro's ties to jailed banker amid deadlock

    Following fresh revelations about Bolsonaro's connections to a jailed banker at the center of a massive fraud scheme, polls still show the race deadlocked between Lula and Bolsonaro less than two weeks before the election.

    1. 1 outlet Lula, Bolsonaro in Dead Heat Amid Fresh Banco Master Revelations

      first by Bloomberg Politics, 3d ago

  3. 2

    Datafolha poll shows Lula maintains narrow lead

    A Datafolha poll released Thursday shows Lula leading Bolsonaro 47% to 45% in a simulated runoff, a 2-percentage-point lead that falls within the poll's 2-point margin of error.

    “President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has maintained a two-percentage-point lead over Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, his main challenger, in a potential run-off…”
    — Datafolha poll · source
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    AtlasIntel poll shows Lula and Bolsonaro tied

    A new AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll released Wednesday shows the candidates in a statistical tie in a runoff scenario, with Lula at 47.7% and Bolsonaro at 47.4%, within the poll's 1 percentage point margin of error.

    “Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro remain statistically tied in a simulated runoff ahead of next month's election…”
    — AtlasIntel/Bloomberg

    1. 1 outlet first by Straits Times, 4d ago · read ↗

    • politicalwire@journa.host

      Lula and Bolsonaro Stuck in Tie Ahead of Brazil Vote https:// politicalwire.com/2026/09/23/l ula-and-bolsonaro-stuck-in-tie-ahead-of-brazil-vote/?ap=m

      politicalwire@journa.hostMastodon4d agoview on Mastodon ↗
  6. background

    Bolsonaro leads Lula in AtlasIntel poll — An AtlasIntel survey shows Bolsonaro ahead of Lula 47.2% to 46.8% in a runoff scenario, before subsequent polling tightened the race.

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