Marine Le Pen gets poll boost after Paris attack

Campaigning has ended in France before Sunday's first round of voting in the country's presidential election. Far-right nationalist candidate Marine Le Pen has promised tougher immigration and border controls to beat "Islamist terrorism" if elected.

Far-right leader and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election Marine Le Pen speaks during a meeting in Marseille, southern France Source: AP

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The leader of France's far-right National Front party, centrist Emmanuel Macron, conservative former prime minister Francois Fillon and hard left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon are locked in a tight four-way race.

If no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two will advance to a run-off vote on May 7.