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Forsa on the federal election

498 polls since 18 January 2017, the latest from 22 September 2026 for RTL / n-tv. Against the current average of all pollsters, Forsa has Grüne +2.2 and AfD -0.9. House effect since 22 Sep 2025: Grüne +1.1, SPD -1.0, CDU/CSU -0.8.

  • AfD27.0%±0
  • CDU/CSU20.0%±0
  • Grüne17.0%-1.0
  • SPD12.0%±0
  • Linke12.0%±0
  • FDP4.0%±0
  • BSW3.0%±0
  • Others5.0%+1.0

Dashed line: electoral threshold of 5%. Change compared with the Forsa poll of 15 Sep 2026.

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Trend

All Forsa figures for the federal election

010203040Oct 24Dec 24Feb 25Apr 25Jun 25Aug 25Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26AfDCDU/CSUGrüneSPDLinkeFDPBSW
Dots are individual polls, lines the rolling average over 45 days. Period 24 Sep 2024 to 22 Sep 2026. Tap the tiles to hide parties.
Accuracy

Forsa before the last elections

Deviation of the final poll before the election from the official result, mean absolute deviation per party.

  • Election 23 Feb 2025 (poll 21 Feb 2025)1.0 ptsbiggest miss BSW -2.0
  • Election 26 Sep 2021 (poll 24 Sep 2021)1.2 ptsbiggest miss Grüne +2.2
  • Election 24 Sep 2017 (poll 22 Sep 2017)1.6 ptsbiggest miss CDU/CSU +3.1
Archive

All 498 polls

Forsa polls for the federal election
PollsterPublishedAfDCDU/CSUGrüneSPDLinkeFDPBSWOthers
Forsa22 Sep 20262720171212435
Forsa15 Sep 20262720181212434
Forsa8 Sep 20262821161211435
Forsa1 Sep 2026282116121247
Forsa25 Aug 2026282116121247
Forsa18 Aug 2026282116121247
Forsa11 Aug 2026282116121247
Forsa4 Aug 2026282116121247
Forsa28 Jul 2026272116121347
Forsa21 Jul 2026262216121248
Forsa14 Jul 2026262216121248
Forsa7 Jul 20262622151212436
Forsa30 Jun 20262622151212436
Forsa23 Jun 20262722151211436
Forsa16 Jun 20262721151211536
Forsa9 Jun 20262722151111536
Forsa2 Jun 20262721151211536
Forsa26 May 20262722151211436
Forsa19 May 20262822141211436
Forsa12 May 2026272215121149
Forsa5 May 2026272216121148
Forsa28 Apr 2026272215121248
Forsa21 Apr 2026262415121148
Forsa14 Apr 2026262415121148
Forsa7 Apr 2026262615121011
Forsa31 Mar 2026252615121039
Forsa24 Mar 2026252615121039
Forsa17 Mar 2026232715121139
Forsa10 Mar 20262426121411337
Forsa3 Mar 20262426121411337
Forsa24 Feb 20262426121411337
Forsa17 Feb 20262526121410337
Forsa10 Feb 20262426131411336
Forsa3 Feb 20262426121411337
Forsa27 Jan 20262426121411337
Forsa20 Jan 20262625121410337
Forsa13 Jan 20262624131311337
Forsa23 Dec 20252624131311337
Forsa16 Dec 20252624131311337
Forsa9 Dec 20252624121411337
Forsa2 Dec 20252625121411336
Forsa25 Nov 20252625121411336
Forsa18 Nov 2025262512141139
Forsa11 Nov 20252624121411337
Forsa4 Nov 20252624121412336
Forsa28 Oct 20252625121312336
Forsa21 Oct 20252624121411346
Forsa14 Oct 20252624121312346
Forsa7 Oct 20252624121312346
Forsa30 Sep 20252724121311346
Forsa23 Sep 20252725111311346
Forsa16 Sep 20252525121411346
Forsa9 Sep 20252625111412336
Forsa2 Sep 20252625111412336
Forsa26 Aug 20252625121311337
Forsa19 Aug 20252625121312336
Forsa12 Aug 20252624131311346
Forsa5 Aug 20252525121312346
Forsa29 Jul 20252526121312336
Forsa22 Jul 20252525121312346

The 60 most recent; older ones via the Chronicle.

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