Lula will finish with 44 to 47 percent in first round

Lula will receive between 44% and 47% of the valid vote in the first round of Brazil's presidential election. That result will deny him the more than 50% threshold needed to win outright and will send the race to a run-off on October 25. The CNT/MDA poll released on October 3 showed Lula at 47.8% a…