Macron slightly ahead of Le Pen: final polls show
France's incumbent President, Emmanuel Macron, is expected to win against his far-right rival with a slight edge as polls near their opening.
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French President Emmanuel Macron during a video meeting with G7 leader G7 leaders on Ukraine at the Elysee Palace in Paris, February 24, 2022 (AP)
The last round of polls ahead of the first round of the French presidential elections show incumbent President Emmanuel Macron slightly pulling ahead of his far-right rival Marine Le Pen.
The polls are set to open in just two days, on Sunday, and they will be followed by the run-off elections on April 24.
Elabe poll predicted that Macron could win 26% of the votes, while it put his radical opponent just 1% behind him at 25%. Far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon came in third place with 17.5%, and his far-right counterpart Eric Zemmour came in fourth with 8.5%. Republican candidate Valerie Pecresse came in fifth with 8% of the vote.
All in all, Macron is projected to win 51% against Le Pen, poised to get 49%.
The latest Ipsos poll gave Macron 26.5% of the vote and 23% to Le Pen. Much like the Elabe poll, Ipsos gave Malenchon third place with 16.5%, while Zemmour and Pecresse got fourth and fifth place, with 9% and 8.5%, respectively.
Elabe's poll was conducted on Thursday and Friday on 1,801 adults, with the margin of error between 1% and 2.8% percent.
On the other hand, the Ipsos poll was held from Wednesday to Friday and included over 1,500 adult respondents. Its margin of error is up to 2.4%.
