Single poll

Forsa poll of 16 May 2020 for the federal election

Commissioned by
RTL / n-tv
Fieldwork period
11 to 15 May 2020
Respondents
2,509
Method
Telefonisch
  • CDU/CSU39.0%-1.0
  • Grüne16.0%+1.0
  • SPD15.0%±0
  • AfD9.0%-1.0
  • Linke8.0%+1.0
  • FDP6.0%±0
  • Others7.0%±0

Dashed line: electoral threshold of 5%. Change compared with the previous Forsa poll of 9 May 2020.

In this poll Forsa has CDU/CSU ahead on 39.0%, followed by Grüne on 16.0%. 2,509 people were surveyed from 11 to 15 May 2020, method Telefonisch, commissioned by RTL / n-tv.

Compared with the previous Forsa poll of 9 May 2020, CDU/CSU loses 1.0 points, Grüne gains 1.0 points, AfD loses 1.0 points.

All parties are within 1.5 points of the average of the other pollsters.

Context

Deviation from the average of the other pollsters

Rolling 45-day average of the other pollsters on 16 May 2020. Positive: this poll is above it.

  • AfD -1.3average 10.3
  • CDU/CSU +0.9average 38.1
  • Grüne -0.5average 16.5
  • SPD -0.5average 15.5
  • Linke +0.3average 7.7
  • FDP +0.1average 5.9
Seat projection

Seat projection from this poll

630 seats by Sainte-Laguë, five per cent threshold, waived for parties winning at least three constituencies.

CDU/CSU: 264 seatsGrüne: 108 seatsSPD: 102 seatsAfD: 61 seatsLinke: 54 seatsFDP: 41 seatsMajority from 316630of 630 seats
  • CDU/CSU264
  • Grüne108
  • SPD102
  • AfD61
  • Linke54
  • FDP41
  • CDU/CSU + Grüne372 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + SPD366 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + AfD325 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + Linke318 of 630
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Data from dawum.de (ODbL), analysis by wahlergebnisse.io. Individual polls carry a margin of error of roughly two to three points for the larger parties.

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