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Le Pen Leads 2027 Polls as Mélenchon Surges

By Drooid · Sep 25, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC · How we work

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Marine Le Pen leads 2027 presidential polls, averaging 33.5%-34% in combined surveys.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon polls at 15.5% on average, reaching up to 18%.
A Mélenchon-Le Pen runoff would be the first since 1958 without a mainstream centre-left or centre-right candidate.
47% of voters aged 18-34 intend to back Mélenchon, versus 22.2% for Le Pen.
43% support Mélenchon’s plan to write off parts of French sovereign debt, while 31% oppose.

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Marine Le Pen leads 2027 presidential polls, averaging 33.5%-34% in combined surveys.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon polls at 15.5% on average, reaching up to 18%.
A Mélenchon-Le Pen runoff would be the first since 1958 without a mainstream centre-left or centre-right candidate.
47% of voters aged 18-34 intend to back Mélenchon, versus 22.2% for Le Pen.
43% support Mélenchon’s plan to write off parts of French sovereign debt, while 31% oppose.