Paris (AFP)

The list led by outgoing socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo and that of candidate LR Rachida Dati are neck and neck with 23% of voting intentions in the first round of municipal elections in Paris, according to a Harris Interactive Epoka poll released on Wednesday.

In third position, Agnès Buzyn's list is credited with 17% in this survey carried out immediately after the designation of the former Minister of Health as LREM candidate after the withdrawal of Benjamin Griveaux.

The list of candidate EELV David Belliard collects 13% of voting intentions and that of Cédric Villani, excluded from LREM, 10%, the score necessary to maintain himself in the second round, according to this poll for LCI.

Another survey by the Odoxa-CGI institute released on Wednesday gives Rachida Dati up sharply (+ 5 points) compared to a previous survey of January 26, with 25% of voting intentions, ahead of Anne Hidalgo, stable at 23% , and Agnès Buzyn at 17%.

Far behind in the Harris Interactive survey, the list of candidate LFI Danielle Simonnet is credited with 6% and that of Serge Federbusch, supported by the RN, by 5%.

Survey carried out online from February 17 to 19 among 1,092 people registered on the electoral lists in Paris, according to the quota method. Margin of error from 1.4 to 3.1 points.

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