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      Ibope poll: if elections were held today, Marina would win.

      The official Ibope poll numbers for the presidential race are out: President Dilma Rousseff, of the PT party, has 34%, against 29% for Marina Silva, of the PSB party, and 19% for Aécio Neves, of the PSDB party; in the second round, however, the PSB candidate would be elected with 45%, against 36% for the PT candidate; between Dilma and Aécio, the president would win by 41% to 35%; this turnaround should heat up the debate between the candidates, which takes place tonight; 2.506 voters were interviewed between August 23 and 25.

      Ibope: If elections were held today, Marina would win (Photo: ERNESTO RODRIGUES)

      247 - The official Ibope poll numbers have just been released. President Dilma Rousseff (PT) remains in the lead with 34% of voting intentions, followed by PSB candidate Marina Silva with 29%, while Senator Aécio Neves, of PSDB, appears with 19%. 

      However, in the second round, Marina would be elected with 45% of the vote, against Dilma's 36%. In a simulation between Dilma and Aécio, the president would win by 41% to 35%.

      2.506 voters were interviewed between August 23 and 25.

      Read the Reuters report below:

      Marina leads Aécio by 10 points in the first round and would beat Dilma in the second round, says Ibope. 

      SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The first Ibope poll with Marina Silva officially in the presidential race showed the PSB candidate with 29 percent of voting intentions, 10 percentage points ahead of Aécio Neves (PSB), who has 19 percent, and close to the leader Dilma Rousseff (PT), with 34 percent.

      The poll, released Tuesday on the website of the newspaper O Estado de S.Paulo, shows Marina with even more strength than in last week's Datafolha poll, when she had 21 percent, in a technical tie with Aécio, with 20 percent, but well behind Dilma, who had 36 percent.

      In a simulated second-round election by Ibope, Marina would beat Dilma by 45 to 36 percent. If the contest were between the president and the PSDB candidate, Dilma would win by 41 to 35 percent.

      The survey's margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points.

      (By Alexandre Caverni)