IPMN predicts Câmara will win in the first round.

The PSB candidate for governor of the state, Paulo Câmara, has widened his lead over his opponent Armando Monteiro Neto (PTB) just three days before the elections; according to a survey conducted by the Maurício de Nassau Institute (IPMN), Câmara has 44% of the voting intentions while Armando registers 31%; in the presidential race, President and candidate for re-election Dilma Rousseff has 43% and remains technically tied with former senator Marina Silva (PSB), who holds 41% of the preference of the Pernambuco electorate.

October 02, 2014, 18:11 PMUpdated May 27, 2019, 11:05 AM

The PSB candidate for governor of the state, Paulo Câmara, widened the gap over his opponent Armando Monteiro Neto (PTB) just three days before the elections; according to a survey conducted by the Maurício de Nassau Institute (IPMN), Câmara has 44% of the voting intentions while Armando registers 31%; in the presidential race, President and candidate for re-election Dilma Rousseff has 43% and remains technically tied with former senator Marina Silva (PSB), who holds 41% of the preference of the Pernambuco electorate (Photo: Paulo Emílio)

Pernambuco 247 - The PSB candidate for governor of the State, Paulo Câmara, widened the gap over his opponent Armando Monteiro Neto (PTB) just three days before the elections. According to a survey carried out by the Maurício de Nassau Institute (IPMN) and published this Thursday (2) by Jornal do Commercio in partnership with the Leia Já portal, Câmara has 44% of voting intentions while Armando registers 31%.

In the presidential race, President and reelection candidate Dilma Rousseff has 43% and remains technically tied with former Senator Marina Silva (PSB), who holds 41% of the preference of Pernambuco voters.

In the previous poll, released last week, Câmara had 39% and the PTB candidate had 33%. The other candidates, when all percentages were added together, registered only 1% of voting intentions.

Considering only valid votes, if the election were held today, Paulo Câmara would be elected governor of the state in the first round with 57%, against Armando's 42%.

The number of undecided voters dropped from 16% to 15%, while those who said they will spoil their ballot or cast a blank vote fell from 11% to 9%.

Regarding the presidential race, Marina Silva rose only one percentage point compared to the previous study, reaching 41% of voting intentions. President Dilma maintained the same 43% recorded in the previous survey. Meanwhile, the PSDB presidential candidate, Aécio Neves, fell from 4% to 3%.

IPMN surveyed 2.480 voters in Pernambuco between September 29th and 30th, 2014. The survey has a 95% confidence level and a margin of error of two percentage points, plus or minus.