
Survey covers the second round of the presidential election and the dispute for government of the Federal District
Datafolha publishes this Saturday (24) a new voting intention survey for the second presidential round between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro, in addition to the dispute for government of the Federal District between Celina Leão and Leandro Grass.
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The previous survey, released on October 22, showed a technical tie between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro with 50% of valid votes each.
Datafolha releases this Saturday (24) a new survey on voting intentions in the second round of the presidential election, between Lula (PT) and Flávio Bolsonaro (PL), and for the government of the Federal District, between governor Celina Leão (PP) and Leandro Grass (PT).
Follow the results of the 2nd round of elections on Folha in real time
The results will be discussed in a live broadcast with the director of Datafolha, Luciana Chong, and columnists Bruno Boghossian, Mônica Bergamo and Fábio Zanini, starting at 6:40 pm, on this same link.
A survey released on Thursday (22) showed that Flávio Bolsonaro and Lula had 50% of the valid votes each. Without rounding, the senator had 50.47% and the PT member, 49.53%.
The new survey was carried out on October 23 and 24, with 4,050 respondents and a margin of error of two percentage points. It is registered with the Electoral Court under code BR-09540/2026.
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