According to polls, Emmanuel Macron has 53 percent of voting intentions.
PARIS, 13th April (RHC) – New polls for the second round of the French presidential election confirmed President Emmanuel Macron’s preference for far-right leader Marine Le Pen, albeit by a narrower margin than in 2017.
According to the Opinionway-KéaPartners poll for newspapers Les Echos and Radio Classique, the candidate for re-election has 53 percent of voting intentions, while his rival has 43 ahead of the April 24 election, in which almost 49 million citizens will have more than the vote 18-year-olds are again invited to the polls.
For its part, the Ipsos-Sopra Steria survey for the Franceinfo network and the newspaper Le Parisien gave 55 percent for the president who arrived at the Elysée Palace in a landslide victory over Le Pen five years ago and received 66 percent of the vote.
The Ipsos poll also reported a turnout of 73 percent, following an abstention rate of 26.3 percent on April 10, when some 13 million French chose not to vote.
In 2017, 74.6 percent of those registered went to the polls.
This Wednesday, the Constitutional Council announced the final results of the first round, in which 12 candidates from different political forces ran.
According to the company, Macron led the vote with 27.85 percent, followed by Le Pen with 23.15. (Source:PL)