Brazil's Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro are neck and neck in presidential runoff, poll finds

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio ​Lula da Silva and ​Senator Flavio Bolsonaro were ‌tied in ​a simulated run-off, an AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll showed on Tuesday, ahead of this year's presidential election.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio ​Lula da Silva and ​Senator Flavio Bolsonaro were ‌tied in ​a simulated run-off, an AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll showed on Tuesday, ahead of this year's presidential election. * Right-wing ‌challenger Bolsonaro would receive 47.8% of the vote in a second round of voting, compared with 47.5% for the leftist incumbent.

* In a March ‌poll, Bolsonaro had 47.6% to Lula's 46.6%. * A BTG Pactual/Nexus poll ‌on Monday had also shown the two frontrunners were statistically tied.

* In two first-round simulations, Lula was expected to win between 44.2% and 46.6% of the vote, ⁠while ​Bolsonaro would take between ⁠39.3% and 39.7%, depending on other candidates. * In Brazil, if no candidate gets ⁠more than 50% of valid votes, the two frontrunners go to a second-round ​vote, which has happened in every election since 2002.

* Latin America's ⁠largest economy will hold general elections in October. * Markets have tracked polls closely since ⁠former ​President Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest, endorsed his son Flavio, 44, in December.

* The 80-year-old Lula, who defeated the elder ⁠Bolsonaro in 2022, will seek a fourth non-consecutive term as president. * AtlasIntel ⁠surveyed 5,008 ⁠people between April 22 and 27. The poll has a margin of error of 1 percentage point in ‌either direction.