Brazil's presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro maintained his lead over Workers Party rival Fernando Haddad ahead of the second round of voting later this month, a fresh poll showed on Thursday
RIO DE JANEIRO (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 11th October, 2018) Brazil's presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro maintained his lead over Workers Party rival Fernando Haddad ahead of the second round of voting later this month, a fresh poll showed on Thursday.
"Bolsonaro receives 58 percent, and Haddad gets 42 percent ahead of the second round," the Datafolha polling institute said.
As many as 3,235 adults from 227 municipalities participated in the survey.
According to the official results of the first round of the presidential election, held on Sunday, Bolsonaro won 46.03 percent of the votes compared to Haddad's 29.28 percent. Both candidates failed to surpass the threshold of 50 percent needed to win the election and are set to take part in the runoff on October 28.
