(ANSAmed) - PARIS, APRIL 30 - Six days away from the second
round of the French presidential elections, the gap has narrowed
between the two challengers, which until now had oscillated
between 10 and 8 points in favour of the Socialist Francois
Hollande. According to an IPSOS poll released this morning,
Nicolas Sarkozy has regained a point and is now at 47%, while
Hollande is down one to 53%.
Of those questioned and certain that they would be casting their
ballots, 22% did not say who they would be voting for.
As concerns the breakdown in the votes of candidates eliminated
in the first round, 34% of those who voted for the centrist
Francois Bayrou said that they would vote for Hollande and 40%
for Sarkozy. Among those supporting Marine Le Pen, far right
candidate from the National Front, 14% plan to vote for Hollande
and 54% for Sarkozy. Among those who had backed Jean-Luc
Melenchon (Left Front), 3% said they would be voting for Sarkozy
and 80% for Hollande. (ANSAmed).
