Brazil election: Bolsonaro cuts Lula lead as presidential race goes all the way down to wire

Brazil’s hard-right chief Jair Bolsonaro and his left-wing challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are virtually neck-and-neck in polls because the nation prepares to vote in right now’s presidential election following a bitter marketing campaign.

Surveys by pollsters Datafolha and Quaest each put Lula on 52 per cent of the votes towards 48 per cent for Mr Bolsonaro, down from a 6 level lead three days in the past.

Most polls nonetheless counsel Lula is the slight favorite to come back again for a 3rd time period, capping a exceptional political rebound after his jailing on graft convictions that had been overturned. However Mr Bolsonaro outperformed opinion polls within the first-round vote on 2 October and plenty of analysts say the election might go both method.

Polls will open at 8am native time and shut at 5pm. Greater than 120 million Brazilians are anticipated to solid ballots, however as a result of the vote is carried out electronically, the ultimate result’s normally obtainable inside hours after voting stations shut in late afternoon.