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Macron's Chances to Defeat Le Pen in French Presidential Run-Off Drop by 1%

© REUTERS / Gonzalo FuentesPeople walk past campaign posters of Emmanuel Macron (L), head of the political movement En Marche! (Onwards!), and Marine Le Pen (R), French National Front (FN) political party leader, two of the eleven candidates who run in the 2017 French presidential election, are seen in Paris, France, April 10, 2017
People walk past campaign posters of Emmanuel Macron (L), head of the political movement En Marche! (Onwards!), and Marine Le Pen (R), French National Front (FN) political party leader, two of the eleven candidates who run in the 2017 French presidential election, are seen in Paris, France, April 10, 2017 - Sputnik International
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The chances of French independent presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron to defeat right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen in the run-off dropped by 1 percent since Monday, a fresh OpinionWay poll showed Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the survey, 60 percent of French voters are expected to cast their ballots for Macron, while 40 percent are projected to vote for Le Pen.

The poll also showed that 75 percent of those surveyed believed that Macron would be elected as president.

On April 23, Macron and Le Pen became the two top contenders in the first round of the election, and are set to face each other in the run-off on May 7. According to the French Interior Ministry, Macron won the first round with 24.01 percent of the votes, while Le Pen came second with 21.3 percent.

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