Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election 2026: result, polls and government
Average of each pollster's latest poll from the past 120 days, as of 17 September 2026 (6 days ago). Next election: expected autumn 2031; see also the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election 2031 forecast.
- AfD36.8%
- SPD32.6%
- Linke10.2%
- CDU7.2%
- Grüne5.2%
- BSW4.0%
- Others3.6%
Dashed line: electoral threshold of 5%. Lighter area: statistical margin of error of a single poll.
Averaging the 5 latest polls for the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election, AfD leads with 36.8%, followed by SPD on 32.6%.
- Lead at the topAfD 4.2 points ahead of SPD
- Around the 5% thresholdGrüne 5.2% · BSW 4.0%
- Movement over 120 daysSPD +7.3 · CDU −4.5 · AfD +1.1
- Two-party majoritiesAfD + SPD · AfD + Linke
- Basis5 pollsters, latest poll 17 September 2026
These polls feed into the average
Each pollster's latest poll from the past 120 days, averaged without weighting. Older polls by the same pollster are replaced.
| Pollster | Published | AfD | SPD | Linke | CDU | Grüne | BSW | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 17 Sep 2026 | 36 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| INSA | 16 Sep 2026 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| pollytix | 10 Sep 2026 | 36 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Infratest dimap | 10 Sep 2026 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Forsa | 2 Sep 2026 | 37 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
House effects: which pollster rates whom higher?
Since 17 September 2024, Infratest dimap has measured AfD on average 2.8 points above the average of the other pollsters, Infratest dimap has measured CDU on average 2.2 points below the average of the other pollsters, Infratest dimap has measured SPD on average 1.8 points above the average of the other pollsters.
Adjusted for these house effects, BSW would stand at 4.7% instead of 4.0%, AfD would stand at 36.2% instead of 36.8%, CDU would stand at 7.8% instead of 7.2%. The current average is therefore shaped by which pollsters published most recently.
| Pollster | Polls | AfD | SPD | Linke | CDU | Grüne | BSW | Ø abs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INSA | 8 | -0.9 | +1.4 | +0.6 | -0.4 | ±0 | -0.3 | 0.6 |
| Infratest dimap | 8 | +2.8 | +1.8 | +0.7 | -2.2 | -0.3 | -1.6 | 1.6 |
| Forsa | 3 | +1.2 | -1.2 | +0.2 | -0.5 | +0.5 | -1.7 | 0.9 |
| Raw average | 36.8% | 32.6% | 10.2% | 7.2% | 5.2% | 4.0% | ||
| Adjusted for house effects | 36.2%(-0.6) | 32.2%(-0.4) | 9.9%(-0.3) | 7.8%(+0.6) | 5.2% | 4.7%(+0.7) |
Positive: the pollster measures the party higher than the other pollsters' rolling 120-day average on the same day. Only pollsters with at least 3 polls since 17 September 2024.
Seat distribution in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Under Sainte-Laguë, the 71 seats would split into 28 for AfD, 25 for SPD, 8 for Linke, 6 for CDU, 4 for Grüne. BSW would fall short of the threshold. Regular size 71 seats, excluding overhang and compensatory seats. Electoral threshold 5 per cent.
Which coalitions would have a majority?
All two- and three-party alliances with a projected majority. Alliances that merely extend a smaller majority coalition are hidden. The arithmetic says nothing about whether a coalition is politically feasible.
- AfD + SPD53 of 71
- AfD + Linke36 of 71
- SPD + Linke + CDU39 of 71
- AfD + CDU + Grüne38 of 71
- SPD + Linke + Grüne37 of 71
How secure are the majorities?
Polls have errors, so we recalculate the seat distribution 3,000 times with randomly varied values. The spread for each party follows from the sampling error of the average and from how far the final polls before earlier elections actually missed. The result: the probability that an alliance would have a majority, that a party clears the threshold and who becomes the largest party. This is not an election forecast but an assessment of the current polling picture.
Majority in parliament
- AfD + SPDover 99%
- AfD + Linke67%
- SPD + Linke + CDU88%
- AfD + CDU + Grüne66%
- SPD + Linke + Grüne61%
- AfD + CDU27%
- SPD + Linke23%
- SPD + CDU2%
- Linke + CDUunder 1%
Clearing the electoral threshold
- BSW (±1.3)21%
- Grüne (±1.8)54%
- CDU (±2.9)79%
Largest party
- AfD92%
- SPD8%
3,000 simulations. Spread per party from the sampling error of the average and the historical deviation of polls from election results. Method.
Polling trend since 25 September 2024
Accuracy ahead of the election on 20 Sep 2026
Before the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election on 20 Sep 2026, Forschungsgruppe Wahlen came closest to the result with an average error of 1.5 points per party, Forsa was furthest away with 3.3 points. All pollsters overestimated Linke (by 3.7 points on average) and overestimated CDU (by 2.3 points on average). Official preliminary result according to the returning officer. All elections since 2017 in the pollster comparison.
| Pollster | Poll dated | AfD | SPD | Linke | Grüne | CDU | BSW | FDP | Ø abs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result 20 Sep 2026(preliminary) | 38.2% | 35.5% | 6.5% | 5.7% | 4.9% | 4.8% | 1.0% | ||
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 17 Sep 2026 (3 days before) | -2.2 | +1.5 | +2.5 | -0.7 | +1.1 | -0.8 | – | 1.5 |
| Infratest dimap | 10 Sep 2026 (10 days before) | -0.2 | -2.5 | +2.5 | -0.7 | +2.1 | -0.8 | – | 1.5 |
| INSA | 16 Sep 2026 (4 days before) | -1.2 | -0.5 | +3.5 | -0.7 | +2.1 | -1.8 | – | 1.6 |
| pollytix | 10 Sep 2026 (10 days before) | -2.2 | -5.5 | +5.5 | +0.3 | +1.1 | +0.2 | +1.0 | 2.3 |
| Forsa | 2 Sep 2026 (18 days before) | -1.2 | -7.5 | +4.5 | -0.7 | +5.1 | -0.8 | – | 3.3 |
Positive: the poll was above the result. Each pollster's last poll within 30 days before the election.
All polls for the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election
64 polls since 23 July 2017. Pollsters: Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, INSA, pollytix, Infratest dimap, Forsa, Institut Wahlkreisprognose, Civey.
| Pollster | Published | AfD | SPD | Linke | CDU | Grüne | BSW | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 17 Sep 2026 | 36 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| INSA | 16 Sep 2026 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 11 Sep 2026 | 37 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| pollytix | 10 Sep 2026 | 36 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Infratest dimap | 10 Sep 2026 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| INSA | 10 Sep 2026 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Infratest dimap | 3 Sep 2026 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Forsa | 2 Sep 2026 | 37 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| INSA | 13 Aug 2026 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Infratest dimap | 9 Jul 2026 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| INSA | 22 Jun 2026 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Infratest dimap | 13 May 2026 | 36 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| INSA | 17 Mar 2026 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Forsa | 19 Feb 2026 | 37 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Infratest dimap | 27 Jan 2026 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Infratest dimap | 25 Sep 2025 | 38 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| INSA | 28 Apr 2025 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Forsa | 7 Feb 2025 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Infratest dimap | 28 Jan 2025 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 5 |
| INSA | 4 Dec 2024 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 16 | 5 |
| Infratest dimap | 3 Nov 2024 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 8 |
| INSA | 25 Sep 2024 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 17 | 6 |
| INSA | 6 Jun 2024 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| Forsa | 15 May 2024 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 6 |
| Infratest dimap | 9 May 2024 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Forsa | 19 Jan 2024 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| Institut Wahlkreisprognose | 28 Oct 2023 | 35 | 20 | 8 | 17.5 | 6.5 | – | 9 |
| Infratest dimap | 19 Sep 2023 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 18 | 8 | – | 8 |
| INSA | 6 Jul 2023 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 18 | 6 | – | 6 |
| INSA | 14 Apr 2023 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 19 | 6 | – | 6 |
| Forsa | 26 Jan 2023 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 18 | 9 | – | 9 |
| Infratest dimap | 19 Oct 2022 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 17 | 8 | – | 8 |
| Institut Wahlkreisprognose | 15 Aug 2022 | 24 | 27 | 8 | 15 | 13 | – | 8 |
| Institut Wahlkreisprognose | 20 Jun 2022 | 19 | 33 | 7 | 17.5 | 11 | – | 8.5 |
| Infratest dimap | 8 Jun 2022 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 19 | 11 | – | 8 |
| INSA | 29 Apr 2022 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 16 | 6 | – | 8 |
| Forsa | 24 Mar 2022 | 16 | 34 | 12 | 16 | 7 | – | 10 |
| INSA | 14 Feb 2022 | 17 | 36 | 11 | 16 | 6 | – | 8 |
| Institut Wahlkreisprognose | 11 Feb 2022 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 20 | 10 | – | 8 |
| INSA | 24 Sep 2021 | 17 | 40 | 11 | 13 | 7 | – | 7 |
The 40 latest of 64 polls. Every poll has its own page; see all polls in the chronicle.
The Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election at a glance
At the last Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election on 20 September 2026, AfD became the largest party with 38.2% and replaced SPD at the top. The biggest move compared with 2021: AfD gained 21.5 points.
64 polls for the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election have been published since 23 July 2017, 15 of them this year. Most come from INSA (19), Infratest dimap (19), Forsa (13). Recently a new poll has appeared every 15 days on average.
The next Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election is expected in autumn 2031. The term is 5 years, and anyone aged 16 or over is eligible to vote.
- Germany's smallest Landtag among the territorial states, with 71 regular seats.
Results: 20 Sep 2026* · 26 Sep 2021. Pollster accuracy.
- Parliament
- Landtag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Seats
- 71 (regular size)
- Constituencies
- 36
- Threshold
- 5 per cent
- Seat allocation
- Hare/Niemeyer
- Votes
- two votes: first vote for the constituency, second vote for the state list
- Term
- 5 years
- Voting age
- 16 years
- Last election
- 20 September 2026
- Next election
- expected autumn 2031
- State capital
- Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: largest party by district
Second votes at the 2025 federal election in the districts and independent cities. Tap to open the district result with all municipalities. State election results by municipality will follow once the state returning officer provides them in machine-readable form.
All districts and municipalities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · Map of Germany
Districts, cities and constituencies in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Every district with all its municipalities, the largest cities with their 2025 federal election result, and the constituencies with their directly elected seat.
Districts and independent cities
The largest cities
- Rostock, Hanse- und UniversitätsstadtAfD 23.4%
- SchwerinAfD 27.1%
- Neubrandenburg, Vier-Tore-StadtAfD 33.3%
- Greifswald, Universitäts- und HansestadtAfD 25.4%
- StralsundAfD 32.9%
- WismarAfD 29.5%
- Güstrow, BarlachstadtAfD 35.3%
- Waren (Müritz)AfD 35.6%
- Neustrelitz, ResidenzstadtAfD 32.7%
- Ribnitz-Damgarten, BernsteinstadtAfD 32.4%
- ParchimAfD 37.7%
- Bad DoberanAfD 28.4%
- Bergen auf RügenAfD 41.6%
- LudwigslustAfD 33.0%
- AnklamAfD 45.3%
- GrevesmühlenAfD 35.2%
Constituencies at the 2025 federal election
All constituencies in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as a list · All districts and municipalities
Pollsters
Which pollsters survey the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election and when they last did.
- Forschungsgruppe Wahlen17 Sep 2021
- INSA23 Jul 2017
- pollytix10 Sep 2026
- Infratest dimap9 Jun 2020
- Forsa18 Jan 2018
- Institut Wahlkreisprognose22 Jul 2021
- Civey23 Sep 2021