Benedita da Silva leads Datafolha survey for Senate in Rio de Janeiro

On the eve of the elections, federal deputy Benedita da Silva (PT) remains in the lead in the dispute for a seat in the Senate in Rio de Janeiro, according to a survey released this Saturday (3) by Datafolha.

The PT member, a former senator, registers 26% of valid voting intentions. Two candidates appear in a technical tie for the second place up for grabs this year.

Federal deputy Carlos Jordy (PL) appears with 19% of valid voting intentions, in a technical tie with senator Carlos Portinho (PL), with 18%.

Federal deputy Pedro Paulo (PSD) has 13%. Councilor Mônica Benício (PSOL) registers 9% of valid voting intentions. Federal deputy Marcelo Crivella (Republicans) has 6%.

The calculation of valid voting intentions disregards interviewees who declared a null, blank or undecided vote. The procedure is comparable to that used by the Electoral Court to count and publish the official election results.

Contracted by Folha and TV Globo, the Datafolha survey, registered with the TSE under number RJ- 01334/2026, interviewed 2,010 voters from Friday (2) to this Saturday. The margin of error is plus or minus two percentage points.

This is the fifth Datafolha survey on the electoral scenario in Rio de Janeiro, with similar scenarios.

The former mayor of Belford Roxo Waguinho (Republicans) was mentioned by 3% of those interviewed who chose a candidate. Marcos Dias (Podemos) appears with 2%.

Helio Secco (Missão), Paula Falcão (PSTU), former Attorney General of Justice Luciano Mattos (PRTB) and Michelly Xavier (UP) appear with 1% of valid voting intentions. Vinicius Benevides (UP), Luiz Eugênio (PCO) and Ó Clemente (Democrat) did not score.

Among all those interviewed, 15% said they were still undecided and 14% said they would invalidate the vote (null or blank).