The Canada Brief

World · 12 d ago

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Lula Oficial · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Lula and Bolsonaro finish the run-off campaign neck and neck

Bolsonaro

46.3%

Lula

45%

A CNT/MDA poll released Saturday puts Senator Flavio Bolsonaro at 46.3 per cent and Lula at 45 per cent, with a margin of error of 2.2 points.

A Datafolha survey published Thursday has the two tied at 50 per cent each, after a four-point Bolsonaro lead two weeks ago.

“He doesn't know what hunger is. He doesn't know Brazil.”

— Lula, Brazilian president, on Bolsonaro in Friday's debate

Oct

25

Sunday

Brazil

Brazil votes in the run-off on Sunday. Bolsonaro led the first round on Oct 4 with 47 per cent to Lula's 45 per cent, short of the majority needed to win outright.