Pollster and election

GMS on the Bavarian state election

48 polls since 19 October 2017, the latest from 3 March 2026 for SAT.1 Bayern. Against the current average of all pollsters, GMS has AfD -2.0 and Freie Wähler -2.0. House effect since 12 Sep 2024: Grüne -1.5, SPD -1.4, CSU +0.9.

  • CSU39.0%±0
  • AfD18.0%-1.0
  • Grüne13.0%+2.0
  • Freie Wähler10.0%-2.0
  • SPD7.0%+1.0
  • Linke3.0%±0
  • FDP2.0%±0
  • BSW2.0%±0
  • Bayernpartei1.0%±0
  • Others5.0%±0

Dashed line: electoral threshold of 5%. Change compared with the GMS poll of 5 Jan 2026.

This poll in detail

Trend

All GMS figures for the Bavaria state election

010203040502023202420252026CSUAfDGrüneFreie WählerSPDLinkeFDPBSWBayernpartei
Dots are individual polls, lines the rolling average over 120 days. Period 26 Apr 2022 to 3 Mar 2026. Tap the tiles to hide parties.
Accuracy

GMS before the last elections

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

  • Election 8 Oct 2023 (poll 19 Sep 2023)0.6 ptsbiggest miss Freie Wähler +1.2
  • Election 14 Oct 2018 (poll 27 Sep 2018)1.6 ptsbiggest miss SPD +3.3
Archive

All 48 polls

GMS polls for the Bavarian state election
PollsterPublishedCSUAfDGrüneFreie WählerSPDLinkeFDPBSWBayernparteiOthers
GMS3 Mar 202639181310732215
GMS5 Jan 202639191112632215
GMS11 Dec 20254019121063226
GMS30 Sep 202539191111742214
GMS17 Sep 202442121011712627
GMS7 May 202441111315722315
GMS6 Feb 202442131215612315
GMS3 Jan 20244114131661315
GMS19 Sep 20233614141791315
GMS6 Sep 20233814131681415
GMS9 Aug 20233914141293414
GMS4 Jul 20234013151292414
GMS6 Jun 202341121411102415
GMS3 May 20234110169113424
GMS4 Jan 20234110181092415
GMS26 Oct 20223913181092414
GMS21 Sep 20224011181082614
GMS20 Jun 202240820992516
GMS26 Apr 2022389168133715
GMS1 Mar 2022379158134824
GMS5 Jan 20223510158142916
GMS28 Jul 202139820993714
GMS30 Mar 202140920983614
GMS16 Feb 202147818883413
GMS5 Jan 202148618782425
GMS10 Nov 202046818683416
GMS13 Oct 202046819783414
GMS21 Aug 202047718693325
GMS28 Jul 202049719573316
GMS16 Jun 202048616893415
GMS5 May 2020477159103315
GMS25 Feb 20203811201194313
GMS3 Jan 20203810201084613
GMS8 Oct 2019371022118354
GMS23 Jul 201937922117356
GMS25 Jun 20193792398356
GMS3 Jan 2019381018119455
GMS27 Sep 20183512161013455
GMS11 Sep 2018361416712465
GMS1 Aug 2018391314812365
GMS12 Jul 2018391414712365
GMS17 May 2018421312713256
GMS27 Apr 2018441211614355
GMS22 Mar 2018431211615364
GMS12 Feb 2018401211615367
GMS2 Jan 2018391210715377
GMS30 Nov 2017371410715386
GMS19 Oct 2017411311615374

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