Brazil polling firms among big losers in first-round election

FILE PHOTO: Supporters of former President and presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gather after polling stations were closed in the presidential election, in Porto Alegre, Brazil, October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Diego Vara/File Photo

(This Oct. 3 story has been refiled to fix spelling of name in paragraph 5 to Andrei Roman)

BRASILIA (Reuters) - The first round of Brazil's presidential election has come and gone with no final victor, but some big losers have emerged: opinion pollsters.