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Forsa: current polls

621 polls since 18 January 2017, 42 of them in 2026. Latest release on 23 September 2026. Recently commissioned by: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger / Kölnische Rundschau, RTL / n-tv, Ostsee-Zeitung, t-online, NRW-Tageszeitungen.

Our analysis

How does Forsa compare?

House effect since 22 September 2025 in federal polls: Grüne +1.1, SPD -1.0, CDU/CSU -0.8 relative to the average of the other pollsters (51 polls). Accuracy: rank 9 of 13 with an average deviation of 1.7 points per party across 13 elections since 2017. All pollsters compared.

  • Grüne +1.1
  • SPD -1.0
  • CDU/CSU -0.8
  • Linke +0.6
  • FDP -0.3
  • BSW -0.3
  • AfD ±0
Deviation of the final Forsa poll before each election from the result
ElectionPoll ofMean deviationBiggest miss
Berlin 20 Sep 202622 Aug 20261.3Linke -3.7
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 20 Sep 20262 Sep 20263.3SPD -7.5
Bundestag 23 Feb 202521 Feb 20251.0BSW -2.0
Saxony 1 Sep 202430 Aug 20240.7Linke -1.5
Thuringia 1 Sep 202430 Aug 20241.4AfD -2.8
Berlin 12 Feb 20235 Feb 20230.9CDU -2.2
Lower Saxony 9 Oct 202228 Sep 20221.7Grüne +4.5
North Rhine-Westphalia 15 May 20224 May 20221.5CDU -3.7
Bundestag 26 Sep 202124 Sep 20211.2Grüne +2.2
Brandenburg 1 Sep 20199 Aug 20193.5SPD -9.2
Bundestag 24 Sep 201722 Sep 20171.6CDU/CSU +3.1
North Rhine-Westphalia 14 May 201728 Apr 20171.7CDU -4.0
Saarland 26 Mar 20179 Mar 20172.0CDU -6.7
Federal

Forsa on the federal election

The pollster's latest polls for the Bundestag.

PollsterPublishedAfDCDU/CSUGrüneSPDLinkeFDPBSWOthers
Forsa22 Sep 20262720171212435
Forsa15 Sep 20262720181212434
Forsa8 Sep 20262821161211435
Forsa1 Sep 202628211612124–7
Forsa25 Aug 202628211612124–7
Forsa18 Aug 202628211612124–7
Forsa11 Aug 202628211612124–7
Forsa4 Aug 202628211612124–7
Forsa28 Jul 202627211612134–7
Forsa21 Jul 202626221612124–8
Forsa14 Jul 202626221612124–8
Forsa7 Jul 20262622151212436
Forsa30 Jun 20262622151212436
Forsa23 Jun 20262722151211436
Forsa16 Jun 20262721151211536

Average of all pollsters for the federal election

All parliaments

Latest poll per election

Other pollsters

Election tickerNext electionSaarland207 daysLatest pollForsa, North Rhine-Westphalia23 Sep 2026CDU 29AfD 22Grüne 18Biggest moveSPD, Rhineland-Palatinate▼ −8,3Leading nationallyAfDfor 159 daysRun-offsLower Saxony local elections4 daysLatest resultBerlin state election 2026Linke 25.7%, preliminary

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