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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Anthony Boadle

Brazilian leftist Lula leads Bolsonaro ahead of October election, poll shows

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends an event of the Workers Party (PT), in Curitiba, Brazil, March 18, 2022. REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer/File Photo

Former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a comfortable lead in the run-up to Brazil's October election while voters blame incumbent far-right President Jair Bolsonaro for surging fuel prices, a poll showed on Monday.

Lula, who served two terms as president from 2003 to 2010, would win a first-round vote by 43% to 29% if the election were held today, the survey by pollster FSB Pesquisa found.

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