Outgoing President Emmanuel Macron would win in the second round of the French presidential election against Marine Le Pen with a score of 54% against the 46% of candidate RN, according to a poll by BVA for RTL and Orange.
Emmanuel Macron thus earns a point at the expense of his far-right rival compared to the survey carried out by the same institute a week ago, before the first round.
Five years ago the current president won with 66.1% of the vote against 33.9% of the challenger.
According to the survey, nine days after the second round, the expected average participation would be 73%, a level very close to that of the first round (73.7%).
According to BVA, Macron benefits from a greater influx of votes from the electorate of candidates present in the first round, especially from the basin of Jean-Luc Mélenchon (LFI).
According to the poll, 30% of Mélenchon's voters will abstain and 22% think they will vote blank ballot.
But among those who will go to the polls, the choice will fall more on Macron (30%) than on Le Pen (18%).
Macron is largely in the lead in the over-70 age group (70% against 30% of Marine Le Pen), while the situation would be of substantial parity for 35-49 year-olds.
