Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterFormer Brazil's President and candidate for presidential election Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a campaign rally in Portela Samba School in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 25, 2022.
REUTERS/Ricardo MoraesSAO PAULO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Brazil presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva slightly widened his lead over President Jair Bolsonaro less than a week before the South American country's election, a poll by IPEC released on Monday showed.
In a first-round vote scheduled for Oct. 2, Lula reached 48% of voters' support against 31% for Bolsonaro, compared with 47% and 31% respectively, in the same poll a week ago, the survey showed.
According to the poll, Lula could win the race in the first round, since he holds 52% of voters' intentions excluding abstentions and null votes.
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