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Macron's Chances to Beat Le Pen in French Presidential Run-Off Up by 1% - Poll

© REUTERS / Robert PrattaNew official posters for the candidates for the 2017 French presidential election, Emmanuel Macron (L), head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and Marine Le Pen (R), French National Front (FN) political party leader, are displayed in Fontaines-sur-Saone, near Lyon, France, April 30, 2017
New official posters for the candidates for the 2017 French presidential election, Emmanuel Macron (L), head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and Marine Le Pen (R), French National Front (FN) political party leader, are displayed in Fontaines-sur-Saone, near Lyon, France, April 30, 2017 - Sputnik International
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The chances of French independent presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron to defeat right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen in the second round of the election has risen by one percent since Wednesday, a fresh OpinionWay poll showed Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the survey, Macron is projected to win the election with 61 percent of votes against Le Pen's 39 percent.

The poll also showed that 77 percent of those surveyed believed that Macron would be elected president.

On April 23, Macron and Le Pen became the two top contenders in the first round of the election, and are set to face each other in the run-off on Sunday. According to the French Interior Ministry, Macron won the first round with 24.01 percent of the votes, while Le Pen came second with 21.3 percent.

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