Single poll

INSA poll of 20 January 2026 for the federal election

Commissioned by
BILD
Fieldwork period
16 to 19 Jan 2026
Respondents
2,004
Method
Online
  • AfD26.0%±0
  • CDU/CSU25.0%±0
  • SPD14.0%±0
  • Grüne12.0%±0
  • Linke10.5%-0.5
  • FDP4.0%±0
  • BSW4.0%±0
  • Others4.5%+0.5

Dashed line: electoral threshold of 5%. Change compared with the previous INSA poll of 17 Jan 2026.

In this poll INSA has AfD ahead on 26.0%, followed by CDU/CSU on 25.0%. 2,004 people were surveyed from 16 to 19 Jan 2026, method Online, commissioned by BILD.

Compared with the previous INSA poll of 17 Jan 2026, no party moves by more than one point.

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 20 Jan 2026. Positive: this poll is above it.

  • BSW +0.9average 3.1
  • SPD -0.7average 14.7
  • Linke +0.5average 10.0
  • AfD +0.4average 25.6
  • CDU/CSU -0.4average 25.4
  • Grüne -0.3average 12.3
  • FDP +0.3average 3.7
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: 187 seatsCDU/CSU: 180 seatsSPD: 101 seatsGrüne: 86 seatsLinke: 76 seatsMajority from 316630of 630 seats
  • AfD187
  • CDU/CSU180
  • SPD101
  • Grüne86
  • Linke76
  • AfD + CDU/CSU367 of 630
  • AfD + SPD + Grüne374 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + SPD + Grüne367 of 630
  • AfD + SPD + Linke364 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + SPD + Linke357 of 630
  • AfD + Grüne + Linke349 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + Grüne + Linke342 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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