Bolsonaro's son and Lula tied at 50% three days before runoff

A Datafolha poll shows Flávio Bolsonaro and Lula deadlocked in Brazil's presidential runoff, each with half of valid votes.

Oct 23, 2026

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Bolsonaro's son and Lula tied at 50% three days before runoff

A Datafolha poll shows Flávio Bolsonaro and Lula deadlocked in Brazil's presidential runoff, each with half of valid votes.

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A Datafolha poll shows Flávio Bolsonaro and Lula deadlocked in Brazil's presidential runoff, each with half of valid votes. Datafolha finds Flávio Bolsonaro and Lula tied at fifty percent of valid votes three days before Brazil's presidential runoff. Originally reported by Folha de S.Paulo.

Dead heat three days out

A Datafolha poll shows Flávio Bolsonaro and Lula tied at fifty percent of valid votes each, three days before Brazil's presidential runoff. The margin of error is two percentage points either way.

When all votes are counted

Among all votes including blanks and nulls, Bolsonaro's son has forty-seven percent while the Workers' Party candidate has forty-six percent. Blank and null votes account for five percent, undecided voters for two percent.

Voters reject both candidates

Voters reject both candidates

Rejection rates remain high for both: forty-six percent would not vote for the senator and forty-five percent would not vote for the president. On Lula's administration, thirty-nine percent rate it bad or very bad.

In short

Datafolha finds Flávio Bolsonaro and Lula tied at fifty percent of valid votes three days before Brazil's presidential runoff.

Read the original on Folha de S.Paulo

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