Ex-Brazilian Prez leads in pre-election polls

Brasilia 3rd of September : Just one month before the election on October 2 in Brazil, ex- Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was the leader in the most recent poll with 45 percent of the votes, followed by the incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro with 32 percentBased on the Datafolha poll that was released this Friday, Lula da Silva, who is a candidate of the Workers Party, dropped 2 percentage points to 47 percent in the last poll on August 18.

Meanwhile, Bolsonaro was steady at 32 percent according to Xinhua news agency.

Candidate Ciro Gomes of the Democratic Labor Party was in the third position with 9 percent of the votes and was followed by Tebet of the Brazilian Democracy Movement with 5 percent.The data was gathered from 5,734 residents in 284 municipalities between August 30 until September 1, to record the nations reaction to first presidential debate telecast on August 28, in Sao Paulo.of Sao Paulo.

Brazil will hold a referendum on October 2 for the election of the next president governor, vice president deputies, senators and governors.If there isnt the clear winner the runoff will be held at the end of October.