Forsa poll of 21 April 2026 for the federal election
- Commissioned by
- RTL / n-tv
- Fieldwork period
- 14 to 20 Apr 2026
- Respondents
- 2,502
- Method
- Telefonisch
- AfD26.0%±0
- CDU/CSU24.0%±0
- Grüne15.0%±0
- SPD12.0%±0
- Linke11.0%±0
- FDP4.0%±0
- Others8.0%±0
Dashed line: electoral threshold of 5%. Change compared with the previous Forsa poll of 14 Apr 2026.
In this poll Forsa has AfD ahead on 26.0%, followed by CDU/CSU on 24.0%. 2,502 people were surveyed from 14 to 20 Apr 2026, method Telefonisch, commissioned by RTL / n-tv.
Compared with the previous Forsa poll of 14 Apr 2026, no party moves by more than one point.
All parties are within 1.5 points of the average of the other pollsters.
Deviation from the average of the other pollsters
Rolling 45-day average of the other pollsters on 21 Apr 2026. Positive: this poll is above it.
- Grüne +1.4average 13.6
- SPD -1.3average 13.3
- CDU/CSU -0.7average 24.7
- AfD +0.4average 25.6
- Linke +0.4average 10.6
- FDP +0.4average 3.6
Seat projection from this poll
630 seats by Sainte-Laguë, five per cent threshold, waived for parties winning at least three constituencies.
- AfD186
- CDU/CSU172
- Grüne107
- SPD86
- Linke79
- AfD + CDU/CSU358 of 630
- AfD + Grüne + SPD379 of 630
- AfD + Grüne + Linke372 of 630
- CDU/CSU + Grüne + SPD365 of 630
- CDU/CSU + Grüne + Linke358 of 630
- AfD + SPD + Linke351 of 630
- CDU/CSU + SPD + Linke337 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.