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Lula widens lead over Flavio Bolsonaro in Brazil election second-round, CNT/MDA poll shows

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SAO PAULO, June 16 (Reuters) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula ​da Silva extended an ‌advantage over Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a potential ​runoff in the ​October general elections, a CNT/MDA ⁠poll showed on ​Tuesday.

Lula would receive 49.3% of ​the votes in a runoff, compared with 36.8% for ​Flavio Bolsonaro, son of ​former President Jair Bolsonaro, according ‌to ⁠the poll.

In an April survey, Lula was seen with 44.9% of the votes, ​and ​Flavio ⁠Bolsonaro with 40.2% .

CNT/MDA interviewed 2,002 people ​from June 10-14 in ​143 ⁠Brazilian municipalities. The survey's margin of error ⁠is ​of 2.2 percentage ​points in either direction.

Reporting by Isabel ​Teles and Eduardo Simoes