The ballot in Brazil between Lula and Bolsonaro is underway

Seats open in Brazil where 156 million voters are called to express themselves in the ballot that sees left-wing leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Pt) running against the right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro, for the chair of the Planalto palace.

    This is one of the most polarized elections in the history of the South American giant, which returns the photo of a split country.

    Lula, associated with the number 13 in the electronic ballot boxes, appears in the lead in the latest poll published last night by Datafolha.

Counting only valid voting intentions, the member of the PT running for his third term has 52%, while Bolsonaro (number 22), in search of reconfirmation, 48%.

    However, the margin of error - the institute points out - is about two percentage points, with the possibility of a technical draw, but "with a greater probability that Lula is ahead".

    In the first round Lula had obtained 48.43% of the votes (57.259.504) against 43.2% of the PL candidate (51.072.345), conquering 14 states, against Bolsonaro's 13.