Election polls · Election results · Election forecasts
If the election were held on Sunday: every poll for the Bundestag, the state parliaments and the European Parliament, averaged across pollsters, plus every official result since 2017 and a forecast for every upcoming election. Updated daily.
Federal election: polling average
10 pollsters, as of 22 Sep 2026- AfD27.9%+7.1
- CDU/CSU20.3%-8.2
- Grüne14.8%+3.2
- SPD12.7%-3.7
- Linke11.6%+2.8
- FDP4.6%+0.3
- BSW3.4%-1.6
- Others5.9%+1.3
Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein go to the polls
Both state elections on 18 April 2027; polling stations close at 6 pm. Next up: North Rhine-Westphalia on 25 Apr 2027.
Lower Saxony local elections 2026: results for every district and municipality
Largest party in the district councils: SPD in 22 districts, CDU in 20 districts, Grüne in 2 districts. 19 district administrator and lord mayor elections go to a run-off on 27 September 2026. 797 of 1,808 elections officially final, the rest preliminary.
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- districts and cities
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- municipal councils
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- mayoral elections
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- joint municipalities
Largest party in each state
Based on the current polling average for each state or on the 2025 federal election. Tap a state to open its polls; the map with every district shows the next level down.
- Baden-Württemberg27.8% Grüne
- Bavaria38.0% CSU
- Berlin21.4% Linke
- Brandenburg35.5% AfD
- Bremen22.5% CDU
- Hamburg30.5% SPD
- Hesse31.0% CDU
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania36.8% AfD
- Lower Saxony26.0% SPD
- North Rhine-Westphalia30.5% CDU
- Rhineland-Palatinate28.0% CDU
- Saarland27.0% SPD
- Saxony42.0% AfD
- Saxony-Anhalt42.0% AfD
- Schleswig-Holstein30.0% CDU
- Thuringia40.0% AfD
Latest polls
The most recently published polls for all parliaments.
- North Rhine-Westphalia23 Sep 2026Forsa for Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger / Kölnische Rundschau, 1,030 respondentsCDU 29AfD 22Grüne 18SPD 14
- Bundestag22 Sep 2026INSA for BILD, 2,004 respondentsAfD 29.5CDU/CSU 19.5SPD 13.5Grüne 13.5
- Bundestag22 Sep 2026Forsa for RTL / n-tv, 2,504 respondentsAfD 27CDU/CSU 20Grüne 17SPD 12
- Bundestag20 Sep 2026INSA for BILD am Sonntag, 1,202 respondentsAfD 29CDU/CSU 20Grüne 14SPD 13
- Berlin18 Sep 2026INSA for Volt Berlin, 1,000 respondentsLinke 21CDU 20AfD 18Grüne 15
- Berlin17 Sep 2026Civey for Der Tagesspiegel, 3,000 respondentsLinke 21CDU 20AfD 18Grüne 16
- Berlin17 Sep 2026Forschungsgruppe Wahlen for ZDF-Politbarometer, 1,611 respondentsLinke 22CDU 20AfD 18Grüne 15
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania17 Sep 2026Forschungsgruppe Wahlen for ZDF-Politbarometer, 1,395 respondentsSPD 37AfD 36Linke 9CDU 6
- Bundestag16 Sep 2026pollytix for Campact, 3,113 respondentsAfD 27CDU/CSU 19SPD 14Grüne 14
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania16 Sep 2026INSA for BILD, 1,000 respondentsAfD 37SPD 35Linke 10CDU 7
- Bundestag15 Sep 2026INSA for BILD, 2,006 respondentsAfD 29CDU/CSU 19.5Grüne 14SPD 12.5
- Bundestag15 Sep 2026Forsa for RTL / n-tv, 2,502 respondentsAfD 27CDU/CSU 20Grüne 18SPD 12
| Pollster | Election | Published | CDU | AfD | Grüne | SPD | Linke | FDP | CDU/CSU | BSW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forsa | NW | 23 Sep 2026 | 29 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 | – | – |
| INSA | BT | 22 Sep 2026 | – | 29.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 19.5 | 3.5 |
| Forsa | BT | 22 Sep 2026 | – | 27 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 3 |
| INSA | BT | 20 Sep 2026 | – | 29 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 3 |
| INSA | BE | 18 Sep 2026 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 21 | – | – | 5 |
| Civey | BE | 17 Sep 2026 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 2.5 | – | 4 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | BE | 17 Sep 2026 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 22 | – | – | 4 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | MV | 17 Sep 2026 | 6 | 36 | 5 | 37 | 9 | – | – | 4 |
| pollytix | BT | 16 Sep 2026 | – | 27 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 5 |
| INSA | MV | 16 Sep 2026 | 7 | 37 | 5 | 35 | 10 | – | – | 3 |
| INSA | BT | 15 Sep 2026 | – | 29 | 14 | 12.5 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 19.5 | 3.5 |
| Forsa | BT | 15 Sep 2026 | – | 27 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 3 |
Parties not reported in every poll show a dash. Details for each election on the subpages.
Upcoming elections
- Saarland state election18 April 2027
- Schleswig-Holstein state election18 April 2027
- North Rhine-Westphalia state election25 April 2027
- Bremen state election30 May 2027
- Lower Saxony state election26 September 2027
- Bavarian state electionexpected autumn 2028
Which pollster is most accurate?
We compare the final polls before every election since 2017 with the official result and show which pollster systematically rates which party higher.
Polling at a glance
Current average for each parliament. Blank means the party is not standing or is not polled.
| Election | As of | CDU/CSU | CDU | CSU | AfD | SPD | Grüne | Linke | BSW | FDP | Freie Wähler |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bundestag | 22 Sep 2026 | 20.3 | 27.9 | 12.7 | 14.8 | 11.6 | 3.4 | 4.6 | |||
| BW | 10 Apr 2026 | 27.3 | 19.5 | 7.3 | 27.8 | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||||
| BY | 12 Sep 2026 | 38.0 | 20.0 | 6.0 | 13.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 12.0 | ||
| BE | 18 Sep 2026 | 19.6 | 18.0 | 12.0 | 15.6 | 21.4 | 4.2 | ||||
| BB | 24 Jun 2026 | 13.0 | 35.5 | 23.0 | 5.5 | 9.5 | 6.0 | ||||
| HB | 19 Aug 2026 | 22.5 | 16.0 | 21.0 | 15.0 | 13.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | |||
| HH | 20 Jun 2026 | 18.0 | 11.0 | 30.5 | 18.5 | 13.0 | 3.0 | ||||
| HE | 29 Apr 2026 | 31.0 | 21.0 | 15.5 | 13.5 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | |||
| MV | 17 Sep 2026 | 7.2 | 36.8 | 32.6 | 5.2 | 10.2 | 4.0 | ||||
| NI | 11 Sep 2026 | 22.0 | 21.0 | 26.0 | 15.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | |||
| NW | 23 Sep 2026 | 30.5 | 19.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 7.0 | 4.0 | ||||
| RP | 20 Aug 2026 | 28.0 | 24.0 | 19.0 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |||
| SL | 3 Dec 2025 | 25.0 | 23.0 | 27.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | ||||
| SN | 21 May 2026 | 21.0 | 42.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | ||||
| ST | 3 Sep 2026 | 22.6 | 42.0 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 11.9 | 4.0 | 2.6 | |||
| SH | 14 Jul 2026 | 30.0 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 18.0 | 6.5 | 5.0 | ||||
| TH | 2 Jul 2026 | 22.0 | 40.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 16.0 | 7.0 | ||||
| European election | 8 Jun 2024 | 30.1 | 15.5 | 14.6 | 14.1 | 2.9 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 2.9 |