Brazil's far-right presidential candidate Bolsonaro maintains wide lead over leftist rival Fernando Haddad

Brazil's far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro maintained a wide lead over his leftist rival Fernando Haddad in the second election poll looking at voter intentions for the Oct. 28 run-off vote, according to a survey published on Monday.

The Ibope poll showed that Bolsonaro had 59 per cent of voter support, compared to Haddad's 41 per cent. Ibope interviewed 2,506 people on Saturday and Sunday. The margin of error is 2 percentage points.