Brazil's Neves passes Silva in election poll, would face Rousseff in runoff

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Pro-business candidate Aecio Neves has overtaken environmentalist Marina Silva in voter support ahead of Sunday's election and would face President Dilma Rousseff in a likely second-round runoff, a new poll showed on Saturday. Rousseff would win the runoff by 46.0 percent of the votes against 40.8 percent for Neves, the survey by polling firm MDA said. In first-round voting, leftist incumbent Rousseff has 40.6 percent voter support, and Neves has moved into second place with 24 percent, ahead of Silva who is now third with 21.4 percent. ...

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