Right winger Bolsonaro at the head of Brazil's presidential election poll

By Maria Carolina Marcello

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Right-wing deputy Jair Bolsonaro is at the head of the Brazilian presidential election in October, in front of the ecologist Marina Silva, said Thursday a poll, although many voters remain undecided before the most disputed elections Bolsonaro got 17% of preferences in a simulation of a first round, according to an Ibope poll, surpbading the 13% of Silva in a scenario that did not take into account the former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

currently imprisoned for accusations of corruption.

The poll showed that including Lula, he was left with a comfortable advantage of 33 percent support, with Bolsonaro in second place with 15 percent. Lula maintains that it will be the letter of his workers party, but is marginalized from the presidential race for corruption charges.

Thursday's results were in line with other polls, which show that Bolsonaro maintains a narrow advantage over Marina Silva. However, a third of voters say that they prefer to cancel or vote for no one, so the race for the presidency is very open.

This has focused attention on the fact that Lula will withdraw and support another candidate. In the polls planned, nearly a third of voters said they would vote for the candidate that Lula was supporting

Bolsonaro is a former military activist for flexibility in gun control and was accused incitement to hatred for statements considered racist. and homophobic. He appeals to a hate speech by telling a member that he "would not rape her because she did not deserve it."

Asked about the scenarios without Lula's participation, respondents gave 8% of the preferences to center-left candidate Ciro Gomes, while center-right candidate Geraldo Alckmin would have 6%

commissioned by National Commission of Industry and has a margin of error of 2 percentage points. Ibope interviewed 2,000 people across Brazil between June 21st and 24th.

(Report of Maria Carolina Marcello, written by Brad Brooks, edited by Janisse Huambachano)