â Brazilian President â Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has maintained a two-percentage-point lead over Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, â his main challenger, in a potential run-off ahead of OctoberâÂÂs presidential election, a Datafolha poll has shown.
In poll results released Thursday, Lula would receive 47 percent of the vote compared with 45 percent for Bolsonaro in a simulated run-off. A previous Datafolha poll last week had âÂÂLula leading Bolsonaro by 46 percent to 44 percent.
The result also represents a technical tie as it falls within the pollâÂÂs margin of error of 2 percentage points.
In a first-round scenario, Lula leads with â 40 percent of the vote, followed â by Bolsonaro (36 percent), Augusto Cury (5 percent), Ronaldo Caiado (4 percent) and Renan Santos (3 percent).
The previous poll showed the leftist president with 39 percent against the â right-wing senatorâÂÂs 36 percent.
Senator Bolsonaro is the eldest son of â former President Jair Bolsonaro, who â is serving a 27-year prison sentence for attempting to overturn his 2022 election defeat to Lula.
Lula is seeking a fourth nonconsecutive term as BrazilâÂÂs president.
If no candidate âÂÂwins more than 50 percent of valid votes in the first round, the two frontrunners advance âÂÂto âÂÂa run-off.
Datafolha surveyed 2,002 people between September 22 and 23.
Earlier this week, two other polls showed similar results.
A Quaest poll released on Monday showed Bolsonaro with 42 percent of voter support in a potential run-off, versus 41 percent for Lula.
Meanwhile, a BTG Pactual/Nexus poll has Lula receiving 46 percent of voter support, compared with 45 percent for Bolsonaro in a potential run-off.