Brazil's Lula widens first-round lead, remains tied with Bolsonaro in runoff polls

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula ​da Silva and Senator ‌Flavio Bolsonaro ​remain statistically tied in a simulated runoff ahead of next month's election, while the leftist incumbent widened his ‌lead in the first round, two polls showed on Monday.

If no candidate wins more than 50% of valid votes in the October 4 first round, the two ‌frontrunners will advance to a runoff on October 25. QUAEST POLL

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