2017 presidential election hopefuly Alain Juppe | Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images Alain Juppé widens his margin ahead of French election Alain Juppé would beat Marine Le Pen at the first round of the French presidential elections.

Alain Juppé would win the first round of French presidential elections with 37 percent of the vote, gaining eight percentage points more than the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, according to a survey by BVA-Salesforce published Friday.

Compared to last month, Juppé has left behind his competitors, most notably Emmanuel Macron, who now would only secure 11 percent of the vote.

Left-wing politician and possible Socialist Party candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon would secure only 12.5 percent, enough to lead President François Hollande, who with 11 percent of the vote wouldn't make it into the second round.

If Nicolas Sarkozy was chosen as the candidate for the conservative alliance Les Républicains, he would get 22 percent, behind Marine Le Pen (27,5 percent) but ahead of Jean-Luc Mélenchon (14 percent), François Bayrou (14 percent), and François Hollande (13 percent), qualifying for the second round.

Emmanuel Macron, the former minister of economy, lost 5.5 percentage points from last month and would secure 11 percent of the vote if he decided to run, behind Alain Juppé who in that case would still get 33 percent and seven percent more than last month. Marine Le Pen is at 26 percent, down two percent and, after gaining two percent since last month, Jean-Luc Mélenchon is at 12 percent.

In the second round, Alain Juppé would beat Marine Le Pen by a large margin, with 68 percent after gaining two more since last month. If Nicolas Sarkozy was the candidate, he would get 58 percent of the vote after gaining two more percent since last month.

The French presidential elections are scheduled for April 23 and May 7, 2017.