Single poll

Forschungsgruppe Wahlen poll of 19 September 2025 for the federal election

Commissioned by
ZDF-Politbarometer
Fieldwork period
16 to 18 Sep 2025
Respondents
1,419
Method
Telefon & Online
  • CDU/CSU26.0%-1.0
  • AfD26.0%+1.0
  • SPD15.0%±0
  • Linke11.0%+1.0
  • Grüne10.0%-1.0
  • FDP3.0%±0
  • BSW3.0%±0
  • Others6.0%±0

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

In this poll Forschungsgruppe Wahlen has CDU/CSU ahead on 26.0%, followed by AfD on 26.0%. 1,419 people were surveyed from 16 to 18 Sep 2025, method Telefon & Online, commissioned by ZDF-Politbarometer.

Compared with the previous Forschungsgruppe Wahlen poll of 5 Sep 2025, CDU/CSU loses 1.0 points, AfD gains 1.0 points, Linke gains 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 19 Sep 2025. Positive: this poll is above it.

  • Grüne -1.3average 11.3
  • BSW -1.3average 4.3
  • AfD +1.0average 25.0
  • Linke +0.6average 10.4
  • FDP -0.4average 3.4
  • CDU/CSU -0.1average 26.1
  • SPD +0.1average 14.9
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: 186 seatsAfD: 186 seatsSPD: 107 seatsLinke: 79 seatsGrüne: 72 seatsMajority from 316630of 630 seats
  • CDU/CSU186
  • AfD186
  • SPD107
  • Linke79
  • Grüne72
  • CDU/CSU + AfD372 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + SPD + Linke372 of 630
  • AfD + SPD + Linke372 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + SPD + Grüne365 of 630
  • AfD + SPD + Grüne365 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + Linke + Grüne337 of 630
  • AfD + Linke + Grüne337 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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