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The Front National leader has taken a leap in polls, with 27 per cent of voters asked saying they intend to vote for her in the first round of voting in April. Anti-immigration Ms Le Pen has gained two per cent in the Le Figaro/LCI poll while her closest rival, centrist Emmanuel Macron, is currently garnering 25 per cent of the public’s support. However, Mr Macron, leader of En Marche! is on Ms Le Pen’s heels as he gained four per cent of the first round vote, the poll found.

Getty Marine Le Pen is most likely to go up against Emmanuel Macron in the final round

The poll of 1,005 people which was released on Sunday, was taken on February 23 and 24, just after Mr Macron formed a new electoral alliance with fellow centrist Francois Bayrou last Wednesday. Of the voters who said they would be gunning for Marine Le Pen, 78 per cent said they definitely would, meaning her supporters are the most confident about who they will vote for, compared to 58 per cent for Republican François Fillon and 54 per cent for Mr Macron.

Getty Ms Le Pen criticised the media for supporting Macron

In the second round of voting, where the French historically vote tactically against their least preferred candidate, Ms Le Pen has closed the gap after gaining five percentage points on Mr Fillon and seven per cent on Mr Macron. However, polls are still pointing to an overall win by Mr Macron, who is polling at 58 per cent compared to 42 per cent for Ms Le Pen if the pair were up against each other in the final round.

The gap would be smaller if Mr Fillon and Ms Le Pen were facing a duel, with the new poll giving them 55 per cent and 45 per cent of votes respectively. A third of voters who took part in the survey said they still had not decided who to vote for, meaning there could still be a surprise result.

Getty François Fillon is one of the three leading candidates

Getty Ms Le Pen was continuing her campaign trail in Mont-Saint-Michel today

Following the release of the latest poll on Sunday, Ms Le Pen accused the media of “campaigning hysterically” in favour of Mr Macron. Speaking at a rally in the western city of Nantes, she launched a series of attacks on the 39-year-old independent, accusing him of wanting to create a “migrant motorway” between France and north Africa.

Things you didn't know about Marine Le Pen Fri, May 5, 2017 Marine Le Pen is a French politician who is the president of the National Front, a national-conservative political party in France and one of its main political forces. Play slideshow AFP/Getty Images 1 of 10 Described as more democratic and republican than her nationalist father, she has led a movement of "de-demonization of the Front National" to detoxify it and soften its image

She said “financial interests and their intermediaries in the media” had clearly taken his side. The controversial right-wing leader, added: "The media have chosen their candidate. They are campaigning hysterically for their darling. "They take the moral high ground, pretend to only analyse the facts and then shout about the freedom of the press as soon as you criticise them.”