Europe 1 with AFP 2:04 p.m., April 2, 2022

Emmanuel Macron remains in the lead in the first round, slightly up over a week, while the gap narrows with Marine Le Pen in the second round, according to an Elabe poll published on Saturday.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon, still third in the ranking, harvests nearly 15% of voting intentions according to this poll, far ahead of Eric Zemmour and Valérie Pécresse.

The outgoing president is on the rise again with 28.5% of voting intentions (+0.5 points) in the first round, after a sharp drop in the survey carried out last week for BFMTV and L'Express with SFR.

On the other hand, the gap between Emmanuel Macron and the RN candidate Marine Le Pen remains within the margin of error in the second round (53%-47%).

The two candidates were given respectively at 56% and 44% last week.

Marine Le Pen, who is campaigning on purchasing power, confirms her upward trend from the first round (22%, +1 point), already observed in various studies throughout the month of March.

It is progressing, especially in the event of a duel against Emmanuel Macron in the second round.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the lead on the left

Jean-Luc Mélenchon (Popular Union) retains his position as third candidate (15%, -0.5 points), a good distance ahead of the Reconquest candidate!

Éric Zemmour (9.5%, -1 point) and candidate LR Valérie Pécresse, still fifth in the poll (8.5%, -1 point).

In sixth position, the environmental candidate Yannick Jadot regains half a point, to 4.5% of the voting intentions, ahead of the communist candidate Fabien Roussel who wins a point (3.5%).

He is ahead of Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (Debout la France) and Jean Lassalle (Résistons!), both stable at 2.5%.

Anne Hidalgo continues her fall

The three men remain ahead of the Socialist Party candidate Anne Hidalgo, who falls to 1.5% (-0.5 points) and that of the NPA Philippe Poutou, stable at 1.5%.

The figurehead of Lutte Ouvrière Nathalie Arthaud closes the march at equal level (0.5%).

Voting intentions do not constitute a forecast of the outcome of the vote.

They give an indication of the balance of power and dynamics on the day of the survey.

This survey was carried out by internet from March 30 to April 1, according to the quota method, with a sample of 1,472 people representative of residents of metropolitan France aged 18 and over, including 1,377 registered on the electoral lists.

The margin of error is between 1.1 and 3.1 points.