Lula leads Bolsonaro but gap narrows ahead of Brazil election, poll shows
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during his nomination as a candidate to run for his fourth term in October's presidential election at a convention held by the Workers' Party (PT), in Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 2, 2026. REUTERS/Alexandr
SAO PAULO, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva continues to lead Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, although the right-wing challenger has narrowed the gap with the leftist incumbent ahead of October's election, a Quaest poll commissioned by brokerage Genial showed on Wednesday.
• In a simulated second-round runoff, Lula would receive 44%support compared with 39% for Bolsonaro.
• A July 15 Quaest poll had Lula leading Bolsonaro by 45% to 37%.
• In a first-round scenario, Lula would lead with 39% of the votes, followed by Bolsonaro (30%), Renan Santos (4%), Ronaldo Caiado (4%), and Romeu Zema (2%).
• Senator Bolsonaro is the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
• The previous poll showed Lula at 40% and Bolsonaro at 28% in the first round.
• If no candidate wins more than 50% of valid votes in the first round, the two frontrunners advance to a runoff.
• Quaest surveyed 2,004 people between July 31 and August 3, with a margin of error of 2 percentage points.
(Reporting by Gabriel Araujo in Sao Paulo and Michael Susin in Barcelona, Editing by Louise Heavens and Sharon Singleton)
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