Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's National Rally, extended her lead in the latest polls for the 2027 presidential election, according to surveys released this week.

An Odoxa poll conducted between September 24 and October 7 and published Wednesday found Le Pen capturing 37 percent or 38 percent of first-round votes, depending on the centrist candidate tested. Jean-Luc Melenchon of the hard-left France Unbowed trailed at 18 percent to 18.5 percent, while former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe reached 17 percent and Gabriel Attal managed just 11 percent.

Le Pen would advance to a runoff against either rival in all scenarios tested. She led Melenchon by wide margins in head-to-head matchups, securing 68 percent support in one poll, and held a narrower but clear edge over Philippe at 53 percent.

A separate Toluna-Harris Interactive survey released earlier this week placed Le Pen between 35 percent and 37 percent in the first round. That poll also showed growing public confidence in her presidential abilities, with 51 percent of respondents saying she would make a good president, up six points from July.

The results highlight deepening political polarization as President Emmanuel Macron approaches the end of his second term. Centrist support has fragmented, leaving Le Pen and Melenchon as the dominant figures in early projections. Aggregators tracking multiple surveys placed Le Pen's average first-round support near 34.5 percent to 35 percent as of mid-October.

Le Pen has run for president three times previously, reaching the runoff in 2017 and 2022 before losing to Macron. The current polling momentum positions her as the frontrunner six months before the first round scheduled for April 2027.