Brazil's far-right candidate Bolsonaro holds strong lead in election poll

Brazil's far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro holds a strong lead in the race for October's presidential election, taking 22 percent in a new survey on Wednesday by pollster Ibope, the first poll taken since a court ruled jailed leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva could not run.

Environmentalist Marina Silva and leftist Ciro Gomes were tied in second with 12 percent in the Ibope poll that was released by the Globo TV network, while the business-friendly candidate Geraldo Alckmin had 9 percent and Workers Party candidate Fernando Haddad, who is likely to take Lula's place atop the Workers Party ticket, registered 6 percent.