Le Pen to lose to leftist in French assembly vote, poll shows

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen looks set to lose to far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon in parliamentary elections next month, dealing a blow to the National Front's hopes for a strong national score, an opinion poll published on Sunday showed.

An Ifop-Fiducial poll showed that Le Pen would win the June 10 first round with 34% of the votes against 29% for Melenchon but would be beaten 55-45% by Melenchon in the June 17 second round. (Reuters)