- Title: Lula stand-in emerges second behind Bolsonaro -Brazil election poll
- Date: 18th September 2018
- Summary: CURITIBA, BRAZIL (SEPTEMBER 17, 2018) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF FEDERAL POLICE BUILDING VARIOUS OF WORKERS PARTY (PT) CANDIDATE, FERNANDO HADDAD, WALKING OUTSIDE BUILDING HADDAD BEING INTERVIEWED BY MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) WORKERS PARTY (PT) CANDIDATE, FERNANDO HADDAD, SAYING: "He (former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva) reiterates, that he does not change his digni
- Embargoed: 2nd October 2018 02:54
- Keywords: Brazil Oct. 7 election Workers Party (PT) candidate Fernando Haddad runoff Bolsonaro
- Location: CURITIBA AND SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
- City: CURITIBA AND SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
- Country: Venezuela
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0018Y0N803
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Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro held a solid lead ahead of the Oct. 7 election following a near-fatal stabbing, but Workers Party (PT) candidate Fernando Haddad has emerged in second place, signaling a potential polarized right-left runoff, an opinion poll showed on Monday (September 17).
The poll points to increased chances of Brazil's most uncertain election in a generation being decided between two candidates with no plans to deal with Brazil's unsustainable budget deficit.
Bolsonaro, who is in the hospital and unable to campaign, took 28.2 percent of voter support, according to the survey by pollster MDA. Haddad, who replaced imprisoned former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the ticket last week, had 17.6 percent in his first showing in an MDA poll.
Haddad said that Lula had praised his campaign.
"In addition, he highly praised the line of our campaign and said that it is to strengthen this line that we want to build a country of peace and harmony aimed at the Brazilian workers with a focus on work and education that are the two axes of our campaign," Haddad said.
Haddad's numbers indicate that Lula, who is banned from running because he was convicted for corruption, is successfully transferring enough votes to the former Sao Paulo mayor to face off with Bolsonaro in the second round in late October. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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