Lula maintains large lead over Bolsonaro ahead of Brazil election -poll

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva barely prolonged his lead over President Jair Bolsonaro lower than two weeks earlier than the South American nation’s election, a ballot by IPEC launched on Monday confirmed.

In a first-round vote scheduled for Oct. 2, Lula reached 47% of voters’ assist towards 31% for Bolsonaro, in contrast with 46% and 31%, respectively, in the identical ballot every week in the past, the survey confirmed.

In a possible second-round runoff, Lula’s lead grew to 19 share factors from 17 beforehand, indicating he would get elected with 54% of the votes versus Bolsonaro’s 35%.

Bolsonaro’s approval price was flat at 30%, whereas his disapproval price elevated to 47%, from 45% final week.

Pollster IPEC, previously generally known as IBOPE, interviewed 3,008 folks in particular person from Sept. 17-18. The ballot has a margin of error of two share factors.

(Reporting by Peter Frontini; Enhancing by Christopher Cushing and Leslie Adler)