Monday 3 October 2022 10:57 PM Bolsonaro's son accuses pollsters of interfering in Brazilian election trends now
Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro are seeking an investigation into Sunday's election after he confounded polls and forced the race to a run-off, according to his son.
Eduardo Bolsonaro credited a video message by Donald Trump with helping his father to within five points of leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
And he said Brazilians expect Trump to return to the White House.
But he reserved particular anger for polls that had given Lula as much as a double digit lead, which he said may have prompted some supporters to vote for other candidates.
'We do not believe they were wrong by a mistake or science,' he told DailyMail.com.
'They were wrong because they are trying to influence the elections.'
The highly polarized election will determine if the country returns a leftist to lead the world's fourth-largest democracy or keeps the hard -right incumbent in office for another four years.
Da Silva came close to an outright majority with 48.4 percent of the vote to Bolsonaro's 43.2 percent.
President Jair Bolsonaro confounded expectations by narrowly losing to leftwing challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sunday's Brazilian election
The president's son Eduardo, who is also a member of the Chamber of Deputies, said the result showed that pollsters had been not just wrong, but actively trying to influence the outcome
Eduardo Bolsonaro also praised an endorsement video recorded by Trump on his private plane on Saturday night, which he said had an important impact on the outcome
But that is enough to suggest that the rightwing wave he rode to the presidency in 2019 remains a force and has made his backers believe he can pick up the vote tallies of eliminated candidates, giving him a path to victory in the October 30 run-off.
And his son said Trump's impact showed that the former president remained a huge force in international politics.
Trump recorded a video endorsement as his private jet taxied prepared to take off from Michigan after a rally on Saturday night.
'To the people of Brazil, you have a great opportunity to reelect a fantastic leader, a fantastic
