Single poll

pollytix poll of 20 October 2026 for the federal election

Commissioned by
pollytix
Fieldwork period
16 to 19 Oct 2026
Respondents
1,300
Method
Online

Dashed line: electoral threshold of 5%. Change compared with the previous pollytix poll of 16 Sep 2026.

In this poll pollytix has AfD ahead on 29.0%, followed by CDU/CSU on 18.0%. 1,300 people were surveyed from 16 to 19 Oct 2026, method Online, commissioned by pollytix.

Compared with the previous pollytix poll of 16 Sep 2026, AfD gains 2.0 points, CDU/CSU loses 1.0 points, SPD gains 1.0 points.

Compared with the average of the other pollsters on the same day, pollytix has CDU/CSU 1.8 points lower and SPD 1.8 points higher.

Context

Deviation from the average of the other pollsters

Rolling 45-day average of the other pollsters on 20 Oct 2026. Positive: this poll is above it.

  • CDU/CSU -1.8average 19.8
  • SPD +1.8average 13.2
  • Grüne -1.2average 15.2
  • AfD +1.0average 28.0
  • FDP +1.0average 4.0
  • BSW +0.8average 3.2
  • Linke -0.1average 11.1
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: 199 seatsCDU/CSU: 123 seatsSPD: 103 seatsGrüne: 96 seatsLinke: 75 seatsFDP: 34 seatsMajority from 316630of 630 seats
  • AfD199
  • CDU/CSU123
  • SPD103
  • Grüne96
  • Linke75
  • FDP34
  • AfD + CDU/CSU322 of 630
  • AfD + SPD + Grüne398 of 630
  • AfD + SPD + Linke377 of 630
  • AfD + Grüne + Linke370 of 630
  • AfD + SPD + FDP336 of 630
  • AfD + Grüne + FDP329 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + SPD + Grüne322 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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