Centrist Cardoso, a former economy minister seeking to open up Brazil's rule-bound economy, has a huge lead over his nearest rival, former union leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of the socialist Workers Party. His popularity has soared in polls on the success of an anti-inflation plan he designed as economy minister featuring a dollar-based currency, which cut monthly inflation from 50 percent a month in June to 2 percent last month.
A Datafolha poll published by the capital's Correio Brasiliense newspaper showed Cardoso, a candidate of the centrist Brazilian Social Democratic Party, with 48 percent support, da Silva at 22 percent and six other candidates with 17 percent combined.
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