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Lula's lead over Flavio Bolsonaro narrows in Brazilian election second-round, CNT/MDA poll shows
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SAO PAULO, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's advantage over Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a potential runoff ahead of October's general election narrowed, a CNT/MDA poll showed on Tuesday.
Lula would receive 48.0% of the votes in a runoff, compared with 39.1% for Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, according to the poll.
In a June survey, Lula was seen with 49.3% of the votes, and Bolsonaro with 36.8%.
If no candidate wins more than 50% of valid votes in the first round, the two frontrunners advance to a runoff.
(Reporting by Isabel Teles; Writing by Fernando Cardoso; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Keith Weir)