Party

CDU/CSU: current polling

CDU/CSU 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
20.3%
As of 22 Sep 2026, 10 pollsters
Versus election result 23 Feb 2025
-8.2
Election result 28.5%
Versus a year ago
-4.2
Average on 23 Sep 2025: 24.5%
Federal

CDU/CSU 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.

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Our analysis

Do polls overestimate or underestimate CDU/CSU?

Across 38 elections since 2017, the final polls before the election put CDU/CSU on average -0.8 points below the result (144 polls, mean absolute deviation 2.3 points). All parties and pollsters compared.

  • Berlin 20 Sep 2026+0.8
  • Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 20 Sep 2026+2.3
  • Saxony-Anhalt 6 Sep 2026+5.4
  • Rhineland-Palatinate 22 Mar 2026-2.3
  • Baden-Württemberg 8 Mar 2026-2.0
  • Hamburg 2 Mar 2025-2.3
  • Bundestag 23 Feb 2025+1.4
  • Brandenburg 22 Sep 2024+2.8
  • Saxony 1 Sep 2024+0.1
States

CDU/CSU in state election polls

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

ElectionAverage
Bavaria38.0%
Hesse31.0%
North Rhine-Westphalia30.5%
European election30.1%
Schleswig-Holstein30.0%
Rhineland-Palatinate28.0%
Baden-Württemberg27.3%
Saarland25.0%
Saxony-Anhalt22.6%
Bremen22.5%
Lower Saxony22.0%
Thuringia22.0%
Saxony21.0%
Berlin19.6%
Hamburg18.0%
Brandenburg13.0%
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania7.2%
Election result

Where CDU/CSU was strongest in 2025

Other parties

Data as of 23 September 2026.

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