Opinion polling for the 2013 German federal election

This is a list of opinion polling results for the 2013 German federal election, held on 22 September 2013.

Final results of the election had the CDU/CSU score 41.5% of the vote, their best result since tallying 47% in the 1990 election, but nonetheless five seats short of an absolute majority. The CDU/CSU's junior partner in the outgoing coalition, the FDP, failed to pass the 5% threshold and will therefore go without representation for the first time in the party's history. The SPD and Greens (red-green coalition), partners in the 1998–2005 Schröder governments, also fell short of the number of votes to get a majority. With neither coalition obtaining a majority on its own a grand coalition was formed by the CDU/CSU with the SPD due to the FDP's failure to obtain the minimum of 5% of votes required to enter parliament. This coalition was similar to the 2005–2009 Merkel government.

Graphical summary

The chart shows the relative state of the parties from October 2009 to the September 2013 election.

Party polling

2013 Date Polling Firm Union SPD FDP Linke Grüne Piraten AfD Others Lead 22 Sep 2013 Election Results 41.5 25.7 4.8 8.6 8.4 2.2 4.7 4.1 15.8 20 Sep 2013 Allensbach 39.5 27.0 5.5 9.0 9.0 2.0 4.5 3.5 12.5 20 Sep 2013 Forsa 40 26 5 9 10 2 4 4 14 20 Sep 2013 Emnid 39 26 5 9 9 - 4 7 13 19 Sep 2013 INSA 38 28 6 9 8 2 5 4 10 19 Sep 2013 FGW 40.0 27.0 5.5 8.5 9.0 - 4.0 6.0 13.0 18 Sep 2013 Allensbach 39.0 26.0 6.0 9.0 11.0 2.0 3.5 3.5 13.0 17 Sep 2013 Forsa 39 25 5 10 9 3 3 6 14 15 Sep 2013 INSA 38 27 4 8 11 3 4 5 11 15 Sep 2013 Emnid 39 26 5 9 10 3 4 4 13 13 Sep 2013 FGW 40 26 6 8 11 - 4 5 14 12 Sep 2013 Infratest 40.0 28.0 5.0 8.0 10.0 2.5 2.5 40 12.0 11 Sep 2013 Forsa 39 25 6 10 9 3 3 5 14 10 Sep 2013 GMS 40 25 5 9 11 3 3 4 15 9 Sep 2013 INSA 39 28 4 8 11 3 3 4 11 8 Sep 2013 Emnid 40 25 5 9 11 3 3 4 15 5 Sep 2013 FGW 41 26 6 8 10 - 3 6 15 5 Sep 2013 Infratest 41 27 5 8 10 2 3 4 14 4 Sep 2013 Forsa 40 23 5 9 11 3 4 5 17 4 Sep 2013 Allensbach 40.0 25.0 6.0 7.5 12.5 2.5 3.0 3.5 15.0 2 Sep 2013 INSA 39 26 5 8 13 3 3 3 13 1 Sep 2013 Emnid 39 23 6 10 11 3 3 5 16 29 Aug 2013 FGW 41 26 6 7 12 - 3 5 15 29 Aug 2013 Infratest 41 26 5 8 11 - 3 6 15 28 Aug 2013 Forsa 41 22 5 10 11 3 3 5 19 26 Aug 2013 INSA 39 25 6 7 14 3 3 3 14 25 Aug 2013 Emnid 40 25 5 8 12 3 3 4 15 23 Aug 2013 FGW 41 25 6 8 13 - - 7 16 23 Aug 2013 Infratest 42 24 5 9 12 2 3 3 18 21 Aug 2013 Forsa 41 22 6 8 13 3 2 5 19 21 Aug 2013 Allensbach 39.0 24.5 7.0 7.0 13.5 2.0 3.0 4.0 14.5 20 Aug 2013 INSA 38 26 5 8 15 3 3 2 12 20 Aug 2013 GMS 41 25 6 8 12 3 1 4 16 18 Aug 2013 Emnid 40 24 6 8 12 4 1 5 16 16 Aug 2013 FGW 41 25 5 8 13 3 - 5 16 15 Aug 2013 Infratest 42 25 5 8 12 3 - 5 17 14 Aug 2013 Forsa 40 23 5 8 13 3 3 5 17 13 Aug 2013 INSA 39 26 5 8 14 2 3 3 13 11 Aug 2013 Emnid 41 25 5 8 13 3 2 3 16 9 Aug 2013 Infratest 42 25 5 7 13 3 - 5 17 7 Aug 2013 Forsa 40 23 5 7 14 3 3 5 17 5 Aug 2013 INSA 39 26 5 8 14 2 2 4 13 4 Aug 2013 Emnid 40 25 5 8 13 3 2 4 15 2 Aug 2013 FGW 40 27 5 7 14 - - 7 13 1 Aug 2013 Infratest 42 26 5 7 13 - - 7 16 31 Jul 2013 Forsa 41 22 5 8 13 3 2 6 19 30 Jul 2013 INSA 39 26 4 7 15 2 3 4 13 28 Jul 2013 Emnid 40 25 5 8 13 3 3 3 15 25 Jul 2013 Infratest 42 25 4 7 14 2 2 4 17 24 Jul 2013 Forsa 41 22 5 9 12 4 2 5 19 23 Jul 2013 INSA 38 26 5 7 15 2 3 4 12 21 Jul 2013 Emnid 40 25 6 8 13 3 2 3 15 19 Jul 2013 Infratest 41 26 4 7 13 2 3 4 15 17 Jul 2013 Forsa 41 23 5 8 14 2 2 5 18 16 Jul 2013 INSA 38 26 5 8 15 2 3 3 12 16 Jul 2013 GMS 41 25 5 7 13 2 2 5 16 14 Jul 2013 Emnid 41 26 5 7 12 4 1 4 15 12 Jul 2013 Infratest 41 26 4 6 14 - 3 6 15 12 Jul 2013 FGW 41 26 5 7 13 - 3 5 15 12 Jul 2013 Allensbach 40.0 25.5 6.5 6.0 12.5 2.0 3.5 4.0 14.5 10 Jul 2013 Forsa 41 22 5 9 15 2 2 4 19 9 Jul 2013 INSA 39 26 5 7 14 2 3 4 13 7 Jul 2013 Emnid 42 26 4 8 12 3 2 3 16 4 Jul 2013 Infratest 42 25 4 7 14 3 - 5 17 3 Jul 2013 Forsa 41 22 5 9 14 2 2 5 19 1 Jul 2013 INSA 40 25 4 7 15 2 3 4 15 30 Jun 2013 Emnid 41 25 5 7 13 3 2 4 16 28 Jun 2013 Infratest 41 26 4 7 13 3 - 6 15 28 Jun 2013 FGW 43 26 4 6 13 - 3 5 17 26 Jun 2013 Forsa 41 22 5 8 15 2 2 5 19 24 Jun 2013 INSA 39 26 4 7 16 2 2 4 13 23 Jun 2013 Emnid 41 25 4 8 14 3 2 3 16 21 Jun 2013 Infratest 41 25 5 7 14 - - 8 16 19 Jun 2013 Forsa 40 22 6 8 15 2 2 5 18 19 Jun 2013 INSA 40 25 4 7 15 3 3 3 15 19 Jun 2013 Allensbach 38.0 26.0 6.0 7.0 14.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 12.0 18 Jun 2013 GMS 41 25 5 8 14 2 2 3 16 16 Jun 2013 Emnid 41 25 5 8 13 3 2 3 16 14 Jun 2013 Infratest 41 26 4 7 15 - 2 5 15 12 Jun 2013 Forsa 40 24 5 9 13 2 2 5 16 11 Jun 2013 INSA 39 26 5 7 14 2 3 4 13 9 Jun 2013 Emnid 41 26 4 7 13 3 3 3 15 7 Jun 2013 FGW 42 28 4 6 13 - 3 4 14 6 Jun 2013 Infratest 41 27 4 6 14 - 3 5 14 5 Jun 2013 Forsa 41 24 4 8 13 3 3 4 17 4 Jun 2013 INSA 39 27 4 6 15 3 3 3 12 2 Jun 2013 Emnid 40 26 5 7 14 4 2 2 14 1 Jun 2013 INSA 39 26 4 7 14 3 4 3 13 31 May 2013 Infratest 42 26 4 6 14 - 3 5 16 28 May 2013 Forsa 40 24 4 8 14 3 3 4 16 27 May 2013 INSA 39 25 4 7 14 2 3 6 14 26 May 2013 Emnid 40 27 4 7 13 4 2 3 13 24 May 2013 Infratest 41 27 4 6 14 2 2 4 14 22 May 2013 INSA 38 26 5 8 13 2 3 5 12 22 May 2013 Forsa 41 24 4 8 13 3 3 4 17 22 May 2013 Allensbach 39.0 27.0 6.0 6.0 13.0 2.5 3.5 3.0 12.0 19 May 2013 Emnid 39 26 4 7 15 4 3 2 13 17 May 2013 INSA 37 27 4 8 14 3 3 4 10 17 May 2013 Infratest 41 26 4 6 14 3 3 3 15 17 May 2013 FGW 41 29 4 6 13 - 3 4 12 16 May 2013 GMS 40 25 4 7 14 3 3 4 15 15 May 2013 Forsa 40 23 4 9 14 3 2 5 17 13 May 2013 INSA 37 27 4 7 15 3 3 4 10 12 May 2013 Emnid 38 26 4 8 15 4 2 3 12 10 May 2013 Infratest 40 27 5 6 14 - 3 5 13 7 May 2013 Forsa 39 24 4 8 15 2 3 5 15 7 May 2013 INSA 37 26 5 7 15 3 3 4 11 5 May 2013 Emnid 37 27 5 7 15 4 2 3 10 3 May 2013 Allensbach 38.5 26.0 5.5 6.0 15.0 3.0 3.5 2.5 12.5 2 May 2013 Infratest 40 26 4 7 15 - 3 5 14 1 May 2013 Forsa 39 23 5 8 14 3 3 5 16 29 Apr 2013 INSA 38 26 5 7 16 2 3 3 12 28 Apr 2013 Emnid 40 27 4 7 14 3 2 3 13 26 Apr 2013 FGW 40 28 4 6 14 - 3 5 12 26 Apr 2013 Infratest 40 27 4 7 14 2 3 3 13 24 Apr 2013 Forsa 42 23 5 7 14 3 2 4 19 22 Apr 2013 INSA 38 26 5 6 15 2 5 3 12 21 Apr 2013 INSA 39 26 5 6 14 2 4 4 13 21 Apr 2013 Emnid 39 26 5 8 14 4 - 4 13 21 Apr 2013 Infratest 41 27 4 7 14 - 3 4 14 17 Apr 2013 Forsa 42 22 5 8 15 3 - 5 20 17 Apr 2013 Allensbach 38.5 28.0 5.0 7.0 15.0 3.0 - 3.5 10.5 16 Apr 2013 INSA 39 26 5 6 15 3 3 3 13 16 Apr 2013 GMS 42 24 6 8 13 2 - 5 18 14 Apr 2013 Emnid 41 26 5 8 14 3 - 3 15 12 Apr 2013 Infratest 42 27 4 7 15 2 - 3 15 12 Apr 2013 FGW 42 27 4 6 14 - - 7 15 10 Apr 2013 Forsa 41 23 6 9 14 3 - 4 18 9 Apr 2013 INSA 39 26 5 7 16 2 - 5 13 7 Apr 2013 Emnid 39 26 5 8 15 3 - 4 13 4 Apr 2013 Infratest 41 27 4 8 14 3 - 3 14 3 Apr 2013 Forsa 40 24 5 8 15 3 - 5 16 31 Mar 2013 Emnid 39 26 5 7 15 3 - 5 13 28 Mar 2013 Infratest 39 28 4 8 15 3 - 3 11 26 Mar 2013 Forsa 41 24 5 8 14 3 - 5 17 25 Mar 2013 INSA 39 27 5 8 14 3 - 4 12 24 Mar 2013 Emnid 40 27 5 7 15 3 - 3 13 22 Mar 2013 Infratest 38 27 5 8 16 2 - 4 11 22 Mar 2013 INSA 40 27 5 7 15 2 - 4 13 22 Mar 2013 FGW 40 29 4 7 14 3 - 3 11 20 Mar 2013 Forsa 40 24 6 7 15 3 - 5 16 20 Mar 2013 Allensbach 39.5 26.5 6.0 6.0 15.5 2.5 - 4.0 13.0 19 Mar 2013 GMS 40 26 5 7 16 3 - 3 14 17 Mar 2013 Emnid 39 28 4 8 16 3 - 2 11 14 Mar 2013 Infratest 40 25 5 7 17 3 - 3 15 13 Mar 2013 Forsa 40 24 4 8 16 3 - 5 16 12 Mar 2013 INSA 40 27 5 6 16 2 - 4 13 10 Mar 2013 Emnid 40 27 4 8 15 3 - 3 13 8 Mar 2013 FGW 41 28 4 7 14 - - 6 13 7 Mar 2013 Infratest 40 26 4 7 17 2 - 4 14 6 Mar 2013 Forsa 40 25 4 8 15 3 - 5 15 4 Mar 2013 INSA 41 26 5 7 15 3 - 3 15 3 Mar 2013 Emnid 40 27 5 7 15 3 - 3 13 28 Feb 2013 Infratest 41 27 4 6 15 3 - 4 14 27 Feb 2013 Forsa 40 25 4 8 16 2 - 5 15 26 Feb 2013 INSA 40 28 5 7 15 2 - 3 12 24 Feb 2013 Emnid 41 27 4 7 14 4 - 3 14 22 Feb 2013 FGW 40 30 4 6 14 2 - 4 10 21 Feb 2013 Infratest 40 28 5 6 15 3 - 3 12 20 Feb 2013 Forsa 43 24 3 7 15 3 - 5 19 20 Feb 2013 Allensbach 39.0 27.0 6.0 6.5 15.0 3.0 - 3.5 12.0 19 Feb 2013 INSA 40 29 5 6 15 2 - 3 11 19 Feb 2013 GMS 40 27 5 6 15 3 - 4 13 17 Feb 2013 Emnid 41 27 4 6 15 3 - 4 14 15 Feb 2013 Infratest 40 27 4 7 16 3 - 3 13 13 Feb 2013 Forsa 43 25 3 7 14 3 - 5 18 12 Feb 2013 INSA 39 29 4 6 15 3 - 4 10 10 Feb 2013 Emnid 40 27 4 7 15 4 - 3 13 7 Feb 2013 Infratest 39 29 4 6 15 3 - 4 10 6 Feb 2013 Forsa 41 25 4 7 15 3 - 5 16 4 Feb 2013 INSA 40 29 4 6 15 2 - 4 11 3 Feb 2013 Emnid 41 27 4 7 14 4 - 3 14 31 Jan 2013 Infratest 40 27 4 6 15 4 - 4 13 30 Jan 2013 Forsa 40 25 4 8 15 3 - 5 15 29 Jan 2013 INSA 40 28 5 6 15 3 - 3 12 29 Jan 2013 GMS 42 26 5 6 15 3 - 3 16 27 Jan 2013 Emnid 41 27 4 7 13 4 - 4 14 25 Jan 2013 FGW 41 29 4 6 13 3 - 4 12 24 Jan 2013 Infratest 42 27 4 6 14 3 - 4 15 23 Jan 2013 Forsa 42 23 4 8 14 4 - 5 19 23 Jan 2013 Allensbach 39.0 28.0 5.0 7.0 14.0 3.0 - 4.0 11.0 22 Jan 2013 INSA 41 27 4 7 14 3 - 4 14 20 Jan 2013 Emnid 43 25 4 7 13 4 - 4 18 18 Jan 2013 Infratest 42 26 4 7 13 4 - 4 16 16 Jan 2013 Forsa 43 23 3 8 14 4 - 5 20 15 Jan 2013 INSA 39 28 4 7 15 3 - 4 11 13 Jan 2013 Emnid 41 26 3 8 14 4 - 4 13 11 Jan 2013 FGW 42 28 4 6 13 3 - 4 14 10 Jan 2013 Infratest 41 28 4 6 14 3 - 4 13 9 Jan 2013 Forsa 42 25 2 9 15 3 - 4 17 7 Jan 2013 INSA 39 28 4 7 14 3 - 5 11 6 Jan 2013 Emnid 40 27 4 8 14 4 - 3 13 4 Jan 2013 Infratest 41 29 4 6 12 4 - 4 12

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