Opinion polling for the 2026 Brazilian presidential election

Since the 2022 Brazilian general election, polling companies have published surveys tracking national voting intention for the 2026 Brazilian general election. The results of these surveys are listed below in reverse chronological order and include candidates who frequently polled above 3% and are registered in a party as well eligible by the Superior Electoral Court of Brazil.

Pre-campaign period

2025

First round

Polling firm	Polling period	Lula	Freitas	Gomes	Ratinho	Zema	Caiado	Others [a]	Blank Null Undec. [b]	Margin of error [c]	Sample size	Lead	Link
Quaest	12–14 Sep 2025	35	17	13	—	5	6	—	24	±2 pp	2,004	18	[1]
AtlasIntel	10–14 Sep 2025	48.2	30.4	4.3	2.6	3	3.7	2	5.7	±1 pp	7,291	17.8	[2]
CNT	3–6 Sep 2025	35.8	17.1	11.6	10	3.6	4.2	—	17.7	±2 pp	2,002	18.7	[3]
Real Time	28–30 Aug 2025	42	40	—	—	4	—	2	9	±3 pp	2,500	2	[4]
AtlasIntel	20–25 Aug 2025	44.1	31.8	3.4	4	4.4	3.2	5	4.2	±1 pp	6,238	12.3	[5]
Paraná Pesquisas	17–21 Aug 2025	35.1	24.5	9.9	8.8	—	4.6	1.2	15.9	±2.2 pp	2,020	10.6	[6]
Quaest	13–17 Aug 2025	35	17	11	—	4	6	—	27	±2 pp	12,150	18	[7]
Datafolha	29–30 Jul 2025	38	21	—	12	6	7	—	17	±2 pp	2,004	17	[8]
AtlasIntel	25–28 Jul 2025	48.5	33	2.9	3.6	3.6	3	2.6	2.8	±1 pp	7,334	15.5	[9]
Quaest	10–14 Jul 2025	32	15	12	—	4	5	—	32	±2 pp	2,004	17	[10]
AtlasIntel	27–30 Jun 2025	44.6	34	3.5	2.5	4.4	1.7	4.7	4.6	±2 pp	2,621	10.6	[11]
Neokemp	25–27 Jun 2025	35	37.5	10.2	—	—	4.9	—	12.5	±2.2 pp	2,020	2.5	[12]
Futura	12–23 Jun 2025	28.2	26.3	14.4	—	—	6	—	25.1	±2.2 pp	2,000	1.9	[13]
Paraná Pesquisas	18–22 Jun 2025	34	24.3	13.5	6.9	—	4.3	—	16.1	±2.2 pp	2,020	9.7	[14]
CNT	11–15 Jun 2025	30.5	18.3	14.6	8.1	4	4.1	—	20.4	±2 pp	2,002	12.2	[15]
Datafolha	10–11 Jun 2025	37	21	—	11	6	6	—	19	±2 pp	2,004	16	[16]
Gerp	28–31 May 2025	24	18	9	7	3	5	9	25	±2.2 pp	2,000	6	[17]
AtlasIntel	19–23 May 2025	44.1	33.1	3	—	1.4	4.7	8.3	5.4	±1 pp	4,399	11	[18]
Gerp	21–25 Apr 2025	30	19	9	—	4	4	7	18	±2.2 pp	2,000	11	[19]
AtlasIntel	20–24 Apr 2025	42.8	34.3	2.7	—	1.6	4.3	6.4	8	±1 pp	5,419	8.5	[20]
Paraná Pesquisas	16–19 Apr 2025	34	27.3	12.6	—	—	4.8	5.5	15.7	±2.2 pp	2,020	6.7	[21]
Datafolha	1–3 Apr 2025	35	15	11	—	3	2	18	14	±2 pp	3,054	20	[21]
AtlasIntel	24–27 Feb 2025	41.6	32.3	—	—	4.5	4.5	4.5	12.6	±1 pp	5,710	9.3	[22]
CNT	19–23 Feb 2025	30.4	14	14.3	—	3.9	3.9	13.2	20.2	±2.2 pp	2,002	16.1	[23]
Quaest	23–26 Jan 2025	30	13	9	—	3	3	23	19	±1 pp	4,500	17	[24]

Second round

Polling firm	Polling period	Lula	Freitas	Ratinho	Zema	Caiado	Blank Null Undec. [b]	Margin of error [c]	Sample size	Lead	Link
Quaest	12–14 Sep 2025	43	35	—	—	—	22	±2 pp	2,004	8	[1]
AtlasIntel	10–14 Sep 2025	50.6	45.2	—	—	—	4.2	±1 pp	7,291	5.4	[25]
CNT	3–6 Sep 2025	43.9	37.6	—	—	—	18.5	±2 pp	2,002	6.3	[26]
AtlasIntel	20–25 Aug 2025	46.6	48.4	—	—	—	5	±1 pp	6,238	1.8	[5]
Paraná Pesquisas	17–21 Aug 2025	41.9	41.9	—	—	—	16.1	±2.2 pp	2,020	Tie	[6]
Quaest	13–17 Aug 2025	43	35	—	—	—	22	±2 pp	12,150	8	[7]
Datafolha	29–30 Jul 2025	45	41	—	—	—	14	±2 pp	2,004	4	[8]
AtlasIntel	25–28 Jul 2025	50.4	46.6	—	—	—	3	±1 pp	7,334	3.8	[27]
Quaest	10–14 Jul 2025	41	37	—	—	—	23	±2 pp	2,004	4	[10]
AtlasIntel	27–30 Jun 2025	47.6	46.9	—	—	—	5.5	±2 pp	2,621	0.7	[11]
Neokemp	25–27 Jun 2025	41.7	46.5	—	—	—	11.9	±2.2 pp	2,020	4.8	[12]
Futura	12–23 Jun 2025	34.9	46.5	—	—	—	18.6	±2.2 pp	2,000	11.6	[13]
Paraná Pesquisas	18–22 Jun 2025	40.1	43.6	—	—	—	16.2	±2.2 pp	2,020	3.5	[28]
Datafolha	10–11 Jun 2025	43	42	—	—	—	15	±2 pp	2,004	1	[16]
Futura	2–4 Jun 2025	41.1	41	—	—	—	17.9	±3.1 pp	1,001	0.1	[17]
Quaest	29 May – 1 Jun 2025	41	40	—	—	—	19	±2 pp	2,004	1	[29]
		40	—	38	—	—	22			2
AtlasIntel	19–23 May 2025	45.3	48.9	—	—	—	4.9	±1 pp	4,399	3.6	[30]
AtlasIntel	20–24 Apr 2025	46.7	46.7	—	—	—	6.6	±1 pp	5,419	Tie	[31]
Paraná Pesquisas	16–19 Apr 2025	40.6	43.4	—	—	—	16	±2.2 pp	2,020	2.8	[21]
Datafolha	1–3 Apr 2025	48	39	—	—	—	14	±2 pp	3,054	9	[32]
Quaest	27–31 Mar 2025	43	37	—	—	—	20	±2 pp	2,004	6	[33]
AtlasIntel	20–24 Mar 2025	46	47	—	—	—	7	±1 pp	4,659	1	[34]
Futura	19–22 Mar 2025	37.6	42.3	—	—	—	20.1	±3.1 pp	1,000	4.7	[35]
AtlasIntel	24–27 Feb 2025	47	49	—	—	—	4	±1 pp	5,710	2	[22]
AtlasIntel	27–31 Jan 2025	45.7	44.7	—	—	—	9.6	±2 pp	3,125	1	[36]
		47.4	—	—	—	36.5	16.1			10.9
Quaest	23–26 Jan 2025	43	34	—	—	—	23	±1 pp	4,500	9	[37]
		45	—	—	28	—	27			17
		45	—	—	—	26	29			19

2024

First round

Polling firm	Polling period	Lula	Haddad	Freitas	J. Bolsonaro [d]	Marçal [d]	M. Bolsonaro	Gomes	Zema	Ratinho	Moro	Caiado	Leite	Barbalho	Tebet	Cristina	Blank Null Undec. [b]	Margin of error [c]	Sample size	Lead	Link
Paraná Pesquisas	21–25 Nov 2024	33.6	—	—	37.6	—	—	7.9	—	—	—	3.7	—	—	7.7	—	9.6	—	2,014	4	[38]
		34.2	—	—	—	—	27.5	10.2	—	—	—	6.4	—	—	8.2	—	13.5			6.7
		34.7	—	24.1	—	—	—	11.5	—	—	—	5.3	—	—	8.4	—	16.1			10.6
		34.4	—	—	—	—	—	12.8	—	15.3	—	8.9	—	—	8.7	—	19.9			19.1
		34.7	—	—	—	—	—	13.4	12.2	—	—	8	—	—	9.5	—	22.2			21.3
		—	14.5	—	38.3	—	—	14.2	—	—	—	4.4	—	—	13	—	15.6			23.8
		—	14.9	—	—	—	27.6	17	—	—	—	7.1	—	—	13.5	—	19.9			10.6
CNT	7–10 Nov 2024	35.2	—	—	32.2	8.4	—	6.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	10	±2.2 pp	2,002	3	[39]
		34.1	—	—	—	14.1	20.5	9.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.2	—	12.8			13.6
		35.2	—	15	—	16.9	—	9.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.5	—	14			18.3
Paraná Pesquisas	18–22 Jul 2024	38.3	—	—	36.9	—	—	7.9	—	—	—	3	1.9	0.5	—	—	11.6	±2.2 pp	2,026	1.4	[40]
		38.7	—	—	—	—	30.3	9.1	—	—	—	4.5	2.3	0.6	—	—	14.5			8.4
		38.9	—	24.4	—	—	—	11.8	—	—	—	4	2.7	0.6	—	—	17.6			14.5
		39	—	—	—	—	—	12.4	—	14.2	—	7.5	3.3	0.7	—	—	22.8			24.8
		38.8	—	—	—	—	—	13.3	13.1	—	—	6.7	3.5	0.8	—	—	23.9			25.5
Quaest	2–6 May 2024	46	—	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	±2.2 pp	2,045	6	[41]
Paraná Pesquisas	27 Apr – 1 May 2024	36	—	—	38.8	—	—	8.4	—	—	—	—	3.4	1.0	—	—	12.3	±2.2 pp	2,020	2.8	[42]
		36.6	—	—	—	—	33	10.1	—	—	—	—	3.8	1.4	—	—	15.0			3.6
		36.9	—	25.6	—	—	—	11.8	—	—	—	—	3.8	1.3	—	—	20.7			11.3
		37.2	—	—	—	—	—	14.7	—	—	—	10.9	5.6	1.7	—	—	29.8			22.5
		36.9	—	—	—	—	—	15.2	—	—	—	—	6.5	1.9	—	15.2	31.0			21.7
		36.3	—	—	—	—	—	13.8	—	17.6	—	—	4.9	1.6	—	—	25.9			18.7
		37.2	—	—	—	—	—	14.8	14.9	—	—	—	5.1	1.8	—	—	26.3			22.3
Paraná Pesquisas	24–28 Jan 2024	37.6	—	—	—	—	23	9.3	6.5	5.1	—	1.9	—	0.9	—	—	15.6	±3.4 pp	2,026	14.6	[43]
		37.4	—	17.4	—	—	—	10.3	5.8	6.2	—	2.1	—	1.1	—	—	19.6			20
		36.9	—	—	33.8	—	—	7.8	3.9	3.9	—	1.2	—	0.8	—	—	11.7			3.1
Paraná Pesquisas	29 Sep – 3 Oct 2023	36.6	—	12.7	—	—	—	6.3	5.7	4.6	6.7	1.2	2.1	—	7.4	1.9	14.9	±2.2 pp	2,020	23.9	[44]
		37.6	—	18.9	—	—	—	8.7	—	—	—	—	3.7	—	9.0	—	22.2			18.7
		37.6	—	—	—	—	—	8.8	15.3	—	—	—	4.0	—	8.8	—	25.5			22.3
		37.7	—	—	—	—	—	9.2	—	12.8	—	—	4.1	—	8.7	—	27.4			24.9

See also

• President of Brazil
• Opinion polling for the 2022 Brazilian general election

Notes

1. Refers to the total for other eligible and ineligible candidates, not registered in a party and that did not frequently polled above 3%.
2. Refers to the total, "raw" sample size, including undecided and non-voters.
3. In cases when linked poll details distinguish between the margin of error associated with the total sample of respondents (including undecided and non-voters) and that of the subsample of decided/leaning voters, the former is included in the table. Also not included is the margin of error created by rounding to the nearest whole number or any margin of error from methodological sources. Most online polls (because of their opt-in method of recruiting panelists which results in a non-random sample) cannot have a margin of error. In such cases, shown is what the margin of error would be for a survey using a random probability-based sample of equivalent size.
4. Ineligible.

References

1. "Quaest: Lula venceria Ciro, Tarcísio, Ratinho Jr., Bolsonaro, Zema, Michelle, Caiado, Eduardo Bolsonaro e Leite no 2º turno de 2026". G1 (in Portuguese). 18 September 2025.
2. "Atlas: Lula teria 48,2% em 1º turno presidencial; Tarcísio, 30,4%". CNN Brasil (in Portuguese). 17 September 2025.
3. "CNT: Lula venceria Bolsonaro, Eduardo e Tarcísio em eleições de 2026". Istoé (in Portuguese). 8 September 2025.
4. "Real Time: Lula tem 42% e Tarcísio, 40% em cenário de 1º turno". CNN Brasil (in Portuguese). 2 September 2025.
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