Macron to win the French elections - Elabe poll - Reuters

According to the latest poll conducted by Elabe on March 28-29, Macron, a popular independent who served as economy minister under President Francois Hollande, would win 25.5 percent of the vote in the April 23 first round while Le Pen would get 24 percent, as reported by Reuters.

• Both of their scores were down 0.5 percentage points from the last time the poll was conducted a week ago
• The poll also showed that conservative Francois Fillon's score rose to 18 percent from 17 percent