Brazil Presidential Election: Leftwing Lula wins opinion polls, Bolsonaro blames EVMs

Brazil Presidential Election 2022, billed as the country's most polarised election in decades, will decide whether the power will go to former president and presidential candidate Luiz Inacio or incumbent Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. (REUTERS/Carla Carniel)

As Bolsonaro and former two-term leftist President Lula da Silva (75) battle it out, opinion polls released on Saturday showed Lula with a majority of valid votes, which would mean outright victory. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has discredited the opinion polls that have mostly predicted the return of Lula da Silva, and blamed Brazil’s Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). (REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes)

People stand in line to cast their votes outside a polling station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Lucas Landau

The surveys show a margin of error of 2 percentage points and showed Lula with an advantage of 14 percentage points over Bolsonaro. (REUTERS/Mariana Greif)

Lula rode in an open car and then walked with thousands of cheering supporters who turned out in central Sao Paulo, eager to see him despite drizzling rain. The event was called the "Walk of Victory." (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)

Despite Luca's left-wing-led popular support, he was accused of being part of the “carwash” corruption scandal, which is said to have cost $800 million to the state. However, the charges against him were annulled in 2021, by the Supreme Court. (REUTERS/Mariana Greif)

As for right-wing populist Bolsonaro, he has attacked the voting system and cast doubts on the EVMs used for voting, without providing any basis for these allegations. (REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes)

The head of the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, earlier called on Brazilians to celebrate the country's democracy by turning out to vote with "peace, security and harmony, respect and freedom." (REUTERS/Lucas Landau)