Super election year 2026: This is how the polls stand before the state elections in East Germany
In September, Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Saxony-Anhalt will be voting. The Handelsblatt poll tracker shows: Who will be the strongest force, which party will fail to meet the five percent hurdle?
Three state elections are set to take place in September in the eastern German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony-Anhalt, and in Berlin. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) could emerge as the strongest party in these elections. Current polls suggest that in Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD is leading with a wide margin, followed by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Left Party.
In Berlin, the Left Party is leading with 21%, followed by the CDU with 19%, and the AfD with 18%. In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the AfD is leading, followed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD), CDU, and Left Party.
Written by urgent.news from Handelsblatt's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
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