Datafolha: Flávio celebrates more points obtained than Lula, who points to an indefinite election

The Datafolha result released this Thursday (8) was well received by both campaigns. Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) celebrated having won more votes than President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) in the turn from the first to the second round.

President Lula's team says that the numbers show a tie and that, therefore, the election is undefined.

In terms of valid votes, Datafolha showed that Flávio Bolsonaro has 52% of the votes, while Lula has 48%. In relation to the result of valid votes in the first round, the PL candidate grew five points, going from 47% to 52%.

"We won more points than Lula, the support was successful and we are going to grow even more, our rejection is lower than his", said an advisor to Flávio Bolsonaro.

President Lula, in terms of valid votes, rose three points. It went from 45% to 48%.

"We thought that the support of the other candidates obtained by Flávio Bolsonaro would have a greater impact, but it didn't. There is a technical tie. In other words, the election is undefined, the election is not defined", assessed a Lula assistant.

In total votes, the Datafolha result showed a score of 49% to 45%, a tie at the limit of the margin of error.

The scenario is similar to that of Aécio Neves and Dilma Rousseff in 2014 in the institute's first survey on Datafolha. At that time, Aécio had 46% and Dilma, 44%. In valid votes, the score was 51% to 49%.

The negative data for Lula is that his rejection is greater than that of Bolsonaro: 46% reject Lula and 43% reject Flávio Bolsonaro.

Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) and Lula (PT), who are competing in the second presidential round on October 25th — Photo: Vittor Sales and Ricardo Stuckert