Le Pen, Macron tied in run-up to French election - Elabe poll

FILE PHOTO: Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and candidate for French 2017 presidential election, attends a news conference in Paris, France, April 10, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

PARIS (Reuters) - Far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron are tipped to lead the first round of voting in France's presidential election with 23 percent each, pollsters Elabe said in a survey carried out for media groups L'Express and BFMTV.

Both candidates were down half a point from a similar poll last week. Conservative Francois Fillon was in third place in the poll on 19 percent, ahead of far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon on 17, both unchanged. The top two candidates in the April 23 first round go through to a May 7 runoff.