Bolsonaro, Lula about even in polls for Brazil runoff vote

SAO PAULO, Oct 24 (Reuters) – A series of polls on Saturday showed Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva about even before Sunday’s runoff vote, with the right-wing lawmaker still favored to win after finishing ahead of the leftist incumbent in the first round.

CNT/MDA POLL

• Runoff: Bolsonaro 46.3%, Lula 45.0%

• MDA surveyed 2,032 people from October 21 to October 23; margin of error of 2.2 percentage points

DATAFOLHA

• Runoff: Bolsonaro 48%, Lula 47%

• Datafolha surveyed 4,050 people from October 23-24; margin of error of 2 percentage points

QUAEST POLL

• Runoff: Bolsonaro 46%, Lula 45%

• Quaest surveyed 3,702 people from October 23-24; margin of error of 2 percentage points

ATLASINTEL/BLOOMBERG POLL

• Runoff: Bolsonaro 49.9%, Lula 48.4%

• AtlasIntel surveyed 4,990 people from October 18 to October 23; margin of error of 1 percentage point

BTG/NEXUS

• Runoff: Bolsonaro 47.0%, Lula 46.0%

• Nexus surveyed 2,000 people from October 23-24; margin of error of 2.2 percentage points

(Reporting by Eduardo Simoes and Fernando Cardoso; Editing by David Gregorio)