Party

BSW: current polling

Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht in polls for the federal election and in the states. Figures are the average of the latest poll from each pollster.

Federal election, polling average
3.4%
As of 22 Sep 2026, 10 pollsters
Versus election result 23 Feb 2025
-1.6
Election result 5.0%
Versus a year ago
-0.6
Average on 23 Sep 2025: 4.0%
Federal

BSW trend in federal election polls

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Dots are individual polls, lines the rolling average over 45 days. Period 23 Sep 2025 to 22 Sep 2026. Tap the tiles to hide parties.

To the federal election polls

Our analysis

Do polls overestimate or underestimate BSW?

Across 38 elections since 2017, the final polls before the election put BSW on average +0.1 points above the result (50 polls, mean absolute deviation 1.0 points). All parties and pollsters compared.

  • Berlin 20 Sep 2026-0.5
  • Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 20 Sep 2026-0.8
  • Saxony-Anhalt 6 Sep 2026-1.3
  • Hamburg 2 Mar 2025+1.0
  • Bundestag 23 Feb 2025-0.5
  • Brandenburg 22 Sep 2024-0.4
  • Saxony 1 Sep 2024+1.5
States

BSW in state election polls

Sorted by polling figure. States without a figure for the party are omitted.

ElectionAverage
Saxony7.0%
Thuringia7.0%
European election6.4%
Brandenburg6.0%
Berlin4.2%
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania4.0%
Saxony-Anhalt4.0%
Bavaria3.0%
Bremen3.0%
Lower Saxony3.0%
Saarland3.0%
Election result

Where BSW was strongest in 2025

Other parties

Data as of 23 September 2026.

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