Final battle for French presidency

Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen trails centrist Emmanuel Macron in the polls by about 20 percentage points, but some of Macron’s backers are concerned that a very low turnout could yet turn the tide

Emmanuel Macron 61%

Marine Le Pen 39%

Polling average as of May 4*

Apr 23: Round 1

May 7: Runoff

FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY

FIRST ROUND RESULTS

Paris and suburbs

Seine-St Denis

Paris

Rennes

Nantes

Bordeaux

Toulouse

Le Pen: Strong in traditional bastion of southeast and in northeast “rust belt”, with pledges to stop immigration and renegotiate France’s relationship with EU

Lille

Strasbourg

Macron: Dominates in thriving cities like Paris and Bordeaux where pro-business
and socially progressive platform resonates among better-off and well educated voters

Dijon

Lyon

Nice

Marseille

Corsica

Macron 24.01%

Le Pen 21.30%

Fillon 20.01%

Mélenchon 19.58%

Hamon 6.36%

*Bloomberg Composite Indicator of French Polls, including OpinionWay/Orpi, IFOP/Paris Match,

Harris Interactive, Kantar Public and BVA30%40%50%60%

Pictures: Google Earth