French election polls: who is leading the race to be the next president of France?

Emmanuel Macron and the far-right hopeful Marine Le Pen finished top in the first round of French presidential election. We look at the latest polling as the second round approaches

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen finished top in the first round of the French presidential election and now face each other in a run-off on 24 April that will determine who occupies the Elysee Palace for the next five years.

The outgoing president won 27.8% of the first-round vote, while the leader of the far-right nationalist Rassemblement National (National Rally) managed 23.1%. Of the 10 other candidates in the field, only far-left firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon exceeded 10%, scoring 22%.