Single poll

Forsa poll of 17 October 2023 for the federal election

Commissioned by
RTL / n-tv
Fieldwork period
10 to 16 Oct 2023
Respondents
2,501
Method
Telefonisch
  • CDU/CSU32.0%+4.0
  • AfD21.0%+1.0
  • SPD14.0%-4.0
  • Grüne14.0%±0
  • FDP4.0%-2.0
  • Linke4.0%±0
  • Freie Wähler3.0%
  • Others8.0%-2.0

Dashed line: electoral threshold of 5%. Change compared with the previous Forsa poll of 10 Oct 2023.

In this poll Forsa has CDU/CSU ahead on 32.0%, followed by AfD on 21.0%. 2,501 people were surveyed from 10 to 16 Oct 2023, method Telefonisch, commissioned by RTL / n-tv.

Compared with the previous Forsa poll of 10 Oct 2023, CDU/CSU gains 4.0 points, SPD loses 4.0 points, FDP loses 2.0 points.

Compared with the average of the other pollsters on the same day, Forsa has CDU/CSU 4.7 points higher and SPD 2.7 points lower.

Context

Deviation from the average of the other pollsters

Rolling 45-day average of the other pollsters on 17 Oct 2023. Positive: this poll is above it.

  • CDU/CSU +4.7average 27.3
  • SPD -2.7average 16.7
  • FDP -2.1average 6.1
  • AfD -0.9average 21.9
  • Linke -0.7average 4.7
  • Grüne -0.4average 14.4
  • Freie Wähler -0.2average 3.2
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: 249 seatsAfD: 163 seatsSPD: 109 seatsGrüne: 109 seatsMajority from 316630of 630 seats
  • CDU/CSU249
  • AfD163
  • SPD109
  • Grüne109
  • CDU/CSU + AfD412 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + SPD358 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + Grüne358 of 630
  • AfD + SPD + Grüne381 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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