Marine Le Pen takes huge lead over Nicolas Sarkozy in French first round presidential election poll 

Front National leader Marine Le Pen has taken a sizeable lead over Nicolas Sarkozy in a new French presidential election poll. The far-right leader had 29 per cent of the vote when pitted against Les Républicains’ former president, who was eight points behind, and held a 15-point lead over the Parti de Gauche’s Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the poll released by Ipsos.

Source: Marine Le Pen takes huge lead over Nicolas Sarkozy in French first round presidential election poll | The Independent