Far-right candidate Bolsonaro gains little after stabbing - poll
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FILE PHOTO: Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro reacts after being stabbed during a rally in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil September 6, 2018. Picture taken September 6, 2018. REUTERS/Raysa Campos Leite/File photo
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, who was stabbed in the stomach during a campaign rally last week and is in intensive care, maintained his lead in Brazil’s presidential election race, a poll by Datafolha showed on Monday.
The first survey conducted since the near-fatal stabbing of Bolsonaro showed he won 24 percent potential votes among those polled, slightly up from 22 percent in a Datafolha survey released last month.
Leftist Ciro Gomes was in second place with 13 percent.
(Reporting by Anthony Boadle; Writing by Brad Brooks)
