France's Fillon seen to beat Le Pen next year with 66 percent of vote - Elabe poll

Francois Fillon, member of Les Republicains political party and 2017 presidential candidate of the French centre-right, arrives to attend the political council of Les Republicains political party at their headquarters in Paris, France, November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen

PARIS (Reuters) - France's Francois Fillon will convincingly beat National Front leader Marine Le Pen in a presidential election runoff next May, taking 66 percent of the vote, a new opinion poll showed on Wednesday.

The Elabe poll showed free-marketeer conservative Fillon, who secured his Les Republicains party nomination on Sunday, remains firmly in first position among several declared or potential candidates, including Le Pen and socialist incumbent Francois Hollande.