Single poll

Forsa poll of 30 September 2025 for the federal election

Commissioned by
RTL / n-tv
Fieldwork period
23 to 29 Sep 2025
Respondents
2,502
Method
Telefonisch
  • AfD27.0%±0
  • CDU/CSU24.0%-1.0
  • SPD13.0%±0
  • Grüne12.0%+1.0
  • Linke11.0%±0
  • BSW4.0%±0
  • FDP3.0%±0
  • Others6.0%±0

Dashed line: electoral threshold of 5%. Change compared with the previous Forsa poll of 23 Sep 2025.

In this poll Forsa has AfD ahead on 27.0%, followed by CDU/CSU on 24.0%. 2,502 people were surveyed from 23 to 29 Sep 2025, method Telefonisch, commissioned by RTL / n-tv.

Compared with the previous Forsa poll of 23 Sep 2025, CDU/CSU loses 1.0 points, Grüne gains 1.0 points.

Compared with the average of the other pollsters on the same day, Forsa has SPD 2.1 points lower and CDU/CSU 2.0 points lower.

Context

Deviation from the average of the other pollsters

Rolling 45-day average of the other pollsters on 30 Sep 2025. Positive: this poll is above it.

  • SPD -2.1average 15.1
  • CDU/CSU -2.0average 26.0
  • AfD +1.7average 25.3
  • Grüne +0.9average 11.1
  • Linke +0.6average 10.4
  • FDP -0.3average 3.3
  • BSW +0.1average 3.9
Seat projection

Seat projection from this poll

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

AfD: 195 seatsCDU/CSU: 174 seatsSPD: 94 seatsGrüne: 87 seatsLinke: 80 seatsMajority from 316630of 630 seats
  • AfD195
  • CDU/CSU174
  • SPD94
  • Grüne87
  • Linke80
  • AfD + CDU/CSU369 of 630
  • AfD + SPD + Grüne376 of 630
  • AfD + SPD + Linke369 of 630
  • AfD + Grüne + Linke362 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + SPD + Grüne355 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + SPD + Linke348 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + Grüne + Linke341 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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