Le Pen dominates polls: She would beat both Mélenchon and Philippe in the second round

Despite being convicted of misuse of public funds, Marine Le Pen remains far ahead of other candidates to advance to the second round of the presidential election scheduled for spring 2027, according to the results of a poll by the Elab institute, carried by French media outlets BMFTV and Tribin Dimanš.

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12.07.2026. 14:30h

Despite the confirmation of the court ruling, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen continues to dominate the polls for the presidential elections scheduled for spring 2027.

Despite being convicted of misuse of public funds, Marine Le Pen remains far ahead of other candidates to advance to the second round of the presidential elections scheduled for spring 2027, according to the results of a poll by the Elab institute, broadcast by French media outlets BMFTV and Tribin Dimanš.

According to them, Marine Le Pen would win between 34 and 35,5 percent of the vote.

According to the poll, she would defeat radical left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the second round with a score of 67,5 percent for Le Pen and 32,5 percent for Mélenchon.

She would also beat former Prime Minister and center-right Horizons party leader Edouard Philippe, but by a smaller margin. Marine Le Pen would win 52 percent of the vote, Philippe 48 percent, the poll showed.