Bolsonaro is projected to win 57 percent of votes, according to Tuesday’s IPOB poll commissioned by O Globo and O Estado de S. Paulo. He is trailed by the Workers' Party challenger with 43 percent.
The Brazilian Workers' Party, whose nominee Fernando Haddad will participate in the upcoming presidential run-off, has filed a complaint with the Supreme Electoral Court asking it to remove front-runner Jair Bolsonaro from the election over a Whatsapp campaign carried out by his business supporters, local media reported.
Brazil media outlets reported last week that businessmen close to Bolsonaro had concluded contracts with high-tech companies to spread hundreds of thousands of messages via the Whatsapp application, which might have affected the results of the first round of the presidential vote.
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The party has also asked the court to prohibit Bolsonaro from holding elected office for eight years. Bolsonaro, in turn, has denied any involvement in the alleged violation.
