Party
Linke: current polling
Die Linke 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
11.6%
As of 22 Sep 2026, 10 pollsters
Versus election result 23 Feb 2025
+2.8
Election result 8.8%
Versus a year ago
+0.1
Average on 23 Sep 2025: 11.5%
Federal
Linke trend in federal election polls
Our analysis
Do polls overestimate or underestimate Linke?
Across 38 elections since 2017, the final polls before the election put Linke on average +0.5 points above the result (196 polls, mean absolute deviation 1.4 points). All parties and pollsters compared.
- Berlin 20 Sep 2026-4.3
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 20 Sep 2026+3.7
- Saxony-Anhalt 6 Sep 2026+3.3
- Rhineland-Palatinate 22 Mar 2026+0.6
- Baden-Württemberg 8 Mar 2026+1.3
- Hamburg 2 Mar 2025+1.0
- Bundestag 23 Feb 2025-1.9
- Brandenburg 22 Sep 2024+0.6
- Saxony 1 Sep 2024-0.9
States
Linke in state election polls
Sorted by polling figure. States without a figure for the party are omitted.
| Election | Average |
|---|---|
| Berlin | 21.4% |
| Thuringia | 16.0% |
| Bremen | 13.5% |
| Hamburg | 13.0% |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 11.9% |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | 10.2% |
| Brandenburg | 9.5% |
| Saxony | 9.0% |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 7.0% |
| Saarland | 7.0% |
| Hesse | 6.5% |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 6.5% |
| Lower Saxony | 6.0% |
| Baden-Württemberg | 5.5% |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 5.0% |
| Bavaria | 3.0% |
| European election | 2.9% |
Election result