Single poll

Ipsos poll of 15 January 2026 for the federal election

Commissioned by
Ipsos
Fieldwork period
9 to 11 Jan 2026
Respondents
1,000
Method
Online
  • AfD26.0%±0
  • CDU/CSU23.0%±0
  • SPD15.0%±0
  • Grüne13.0%±0
  • Linke11.0%+1.0
  • FDP4.0%±0
  • BSW3.0%-1.0
  • Others5.0%±0

Dashed line: electoral threshold of 5%. Change compared with the previous Ipsos poll of 4 Dec 2025.

In this poll Ipsos has AfD ahead on 26.0%, followed by CDU/CSU on 23.0%. 1,000 people were surveyed from 9 to 11 Jan 2026, method Online, commissioned by Ipsos.

Compared with the previous Ipsos poll of 4 Dec 2025, Linke gains 1.0 points, BSW loses 1.0 points.

Compared with the average of the other pollsters on the same day, Ipsos has CDU/CSU 2.5 points lower.

Context

Deviation from the average of the other pollsters

Rolling 45-day average of the other pollsters on 15 Jan 2026. Positive: this poll is above it.

  • CDU/CSU -2.5average 25.5
  • Grüne +0.9average 12.1
  • Linke +0.8average 10.2
  • SPD +0.7average 14.3
  • BSW -0.5average 3.5
  • AfD +0.4average 25.6
  • FDP +0.4average 3.6
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: 186 seatsCDU/CSU: 165 seatsSPD: 107 seatsGrüne: 93 seatsLinke: 79 seatsMajority from 316630of 630 seats
  • AfD186
  • CDU/CSU165
  • SPD107
  • Grüne93
  • Linke79
  • AfD + CDU/CSU351 of 630
  • AfD + SPD + Grüne386 of 630
  • AfD + SPD + Linke372 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + SPD + Grüne365 of 630
  • AfD + Grüne + Linke358 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + SPD + Linke351 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + Grüne + 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.

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