BRASILIA (Reuters) – Former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has 40.6% of voter intentions against 32% for far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro ahead of Brazil’s October election, according to a new opinion poll by CNT/MDA released on Tuesday.
In the previous CNT/MDA poll in February, Lula had 42.2% and Bolsonaro had 28%.
Lula would win a second-round run-off against Bolsonaro by 14 percentage points, or 50.8% versus 36.8%, a narrower advantage than in February when Lula was at 53.2% and Bolsonaro at 35.3%, the poll showed.
(Reporting by Anthony Boadle)
