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Le Pen Remains Leader of 1st Round of French Presidential Elections

© AFP 2023 / Joel SagetFrench presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen. (File)
French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen. (File) - Sputnik International
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French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen of the rightist National Front remains the leader of the first round of the elections, with projected 26.5 percent of the votes, a poll revealed Wednesday.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the survey carried out by Ifop for the iTele broadcaster and Paris Match magazine, both Emmanuel Macron and Francois Fillon have the support of 19 percent in the first round.

Le Pen is projected to lose to both of them in the second round, with 60 percent to 40 percent in case of a stand-off with Macron, and 57 percent to 43 percent with Fillon.

The poll was conducted between February 19 and 22 among 1,399 adults.

The first round of the French presidential election is scheduled for April 23, while the run-off is slated for May 7.

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