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Brazil's far-right candidate Bolsonaro would lose in runoffs: poll
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 / 6:39 PM / UPDATED 9 HOURS AGO
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil’s far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro leads in first-round voting for October’s presidential election, but would lose to most rivals in a likely runoff ballot, according to a poll by Ibope released on Wednesday.
Bolsonaro took 22 percent in the first-round scenario of the survey, the first released since a court ruled jailed leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva could not run.
Environmentalist Marina Silva and leftist Ciro Gomes were tied in second with 12 percent.
Business-friendly candidate Geraldo Alckmin had 9 percent while Fernando Haddad, who will likely replace Lula on the Workers Party ticket, had 6 percent in the Sept. 1-3 poll released by TV Globo.
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