Bolsonaro leads in São Paulo and Rio; Lula da Silva ahead in Minas Gerais -Atlas Intel

President Jair Bolsonaro (Liberal Party – PL, right) leads the valid vote intentions in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo states, while former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Workers’ Party – PT, left) is ahead in Minas Gerais state, according to the Atlas Intel poll, released on Sunday, October 16.

For valid votes, blanks, nulls, and people who say they don’t know are disregarded. That is how the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) makes the official election count.

For the polls, the answers of 2,500 voters were collected via the web between October 9th and 13th. The margin of error is two percentage points higher or lower.

VALID VOTES

• São Paulo:
  Da Silva (PT): 46.3%.
  Bolsonaro (PL): 53.7%.
• Minas Gerais
  Da Silva (PT): 51.3%.
  Bolsonaro (PL): 48.7%.
• Rio de Janeiro
  Da Silva (PT): 45.9%.
  Bolsonaro (PL): 54.1%.

WHO WAS AHEAD IN THE FIRST ROUND?

Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) will compete in the runoff presidential election.

With 100% of the ballots counted, Lula da Silva got 48.43% of the valid votes, and Bolsonaro, 43.20%, in the first round of voting, held on Sunday, February 2.

To win in the first round, a candidate would need 50% of the valid votes plus one, excluding whites and null votes.

Simone Tebet (MDB) had 4.16% of the valid votes;
Ciro Gomes (PDT) had 3.04%;
Null and white votes add up to 4.20%.

RUNOFF ELECTIONS

For the posts of president and governor, when neither candidate reaches 50% plus one of the valid votes, the election goes to a runoff.

In 2022, the runoff is on October 30. Unlike other years, for this election, the time zone for voting is the same throughout the country, that of Brasilia, from 8 AM to 5 PM.

With information from Exame