Governor of AM, Wilson Lima leads second round with 16% ahead of opponent, says Pontual Research

Bruno Pacheco – From Cenarium Magazine

MANAUS – A new survey released on Friday, 14, by the Pontual Research Institute, reaffirmed the governor Wilson Lima (União Brasil) in the lead of the second round of elections in Amazonas. According to the study, the reelection candidate has 58% of the valid votes against 42% of Senator Eduardo Braga (MDB), or an advantage of 16 percentage points.

The difference between the postulants is the same observed in the first survey of the institute for the second round of elections, released on October 7 this year. The new electoral survey No. AM 03082/2022 took place between the 8th and 10th of this month, with 1,996 people interviewed. The margin of error is 2.2 percentage points more or less, with a confidence interval of 95%.

In all, ten cities in the Amazon participated in the data collection, they are: Itacoatiara, Manacapuru, Parintins, Coari, Tefé, Maués, Iranduba, Tabatinga and Manicoré, in addition to the metropolis Manaus. According to Pontual Pesquisas, governor Wilson Lima wins the second round of elections both in the capital, with 54.9% of the valid votes, and in the interior of the state, with 61.1% of the voter’s preference. Eduardo Braga, respectively, reaches 45.1% of the citations in Manaus and 38.9% in the countryside.

Presidential candidate

Pontual Research also analyzed the presidential scenario. According to the study, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) wins the current president and candidate for reelection Jair Messias Bolsonaro (PL), with 55.8% of the valid votes against 44.2% of the opponent.

Bolsonaro, on the other hand, wins in the capital of Amazonas with 53.9% of the valid votes against Lula’s 46.1%. In the countryside of the state, however, the “petista” has a wide advantage, with 67% against 33% of the current president.

The survey by the Pontual Research Institute was carried out in person with a previously validated form. According to the company, data collection obeyed the sampling calculations determined for the municipalities and the capital. The statistician’s registration at Conre-7 is 9079 and the company’s registration at Conre-7 is 8260.

Consolidated advantage

The advantage of governor Wilson Lima against senator Eduardo Braga in the second round of voting has been consolidated by electoral polls. Last Tuesday, 11, a study done by the Institute of Consulting in Teaching, Research and Media – O Convergente/Pesquisa also showed Lima in front with 58.1% of the valid votes against 41.9% for Braga.

Lima’s victory is also seen in the capital and in the countryside of the state. According to O Convergente/Pesquisa, reelection candidate Wilson Lima appeared with 53.7% in Manaus and with 62.6% in the countryside. In the same scenario, respectively, Eduardo Braga has 46.3% and 37.4% of valid votes.

Wilson Lima x Eduardo Braga dispute

Governor Wilson Lima reached the second round of elections as the most voted candidate in the first round. With 100% of the polls counted by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), the candidate for reelection obtained 42.82% (819,784) of the valid votes, being a little more than double than that obtained by the second-placed Eduardo Braga (MDB), who reached 20.99% (401,817) of the votes.

The result was achieved with Wilson Lima being the most voted in 49 cities in Amazonas, including the capital Manaus. Eduardo Braga, on the other hand, accounted for a total of 13 municipalities in which he achieved victory at the polls.

In Manaus, governor Wilson Lima was the most voted in 61 of 63 districts, with 367,926 votes, winning in all of the city’s geographic zones. The candidate won in all neighborhoods in the North, South, South-Central and West-Central zones. He also emerged victorious in the East and West zones and was only not the most voted in the Colônia Antônio Aleixo and Glória neighborhoods.

Braga, despite having won in the cities of Silves and Anori, began to face a stampede. This is because the mayors of the two cities, who in the first round supported the senator, changed sides in the second round and announced support for governor Wilson Lima.

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