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Potential LR Pres Candidate Pecresse On Course For Re-Election: Poll

FRANCE

Latest polling ahead of France's regional elections on 20 and 27 June shows that in the contest for the leadership of the Ile-de-France region (France's most populous surrounding the capital, Paris), incumbent President of the Regional Council Valerie Pecresse - a potential presidential candidate for the Gaullist centre-right Les Republicains in the 2022 election - looks on course for re-election.

  • Ile-de-France regional election poll (1st round): Pecresse (L!/LR-inc): 35% (+4.5), Bardella (RN) :16% (-2.4), Saint Martin (LREM): 15%, Pulvar (PS): 12% (-13.2), Bayou (EELV): 10% (+2), Autain (FI-PCF): 9% (+/- Last election). Elabe, 31/05/21. 1,144 respondents
  • All hypothetical second-round polls show Pecresse being re-elected no matter the composition of the four candidates that advance from the first round.
  • Les Republicains remain in a distant third place in hypothetical first-round opinion polls for the spring 2022 presidential election with incumbent President Emmanuel Macron and right-wing National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen the favourites to make the second-round run off vote.

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