Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) has hit its lowest-ever score in a national poll, slumping to just 11 per cent in the latest GMS survey published today.
The Gesellschaft für Markt- und Sozialforschung (GMS) poll, conducted between May 27 and June 1 among 1,023 eligible voters, shows the SPD shedding five percentage points since the previous survey in early March.
The party now stands level with the hard-left Die Linke on 11 per cent, marking a new historic low for Germany’s oldest political party.
Historically one of the two German leading parties, the Socialists would end up in a fourth shared spot if there now would be elections.
The right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AfD) strengthened its lead, rising three points to 27 per cent nation wide, while the CDU/CSU Union fell three points to 23 per cent.
The Greens gained four points to reach 16 per cent, the Liberal FDP climbed back to the five per cent threshold with five per cent for the first time since 2024, and Die Linke edged up one point to 11 per cent.
Together, the governing coalition partners — the Union and SPD — would muster only 34 per cent if an election were held now, a dramatic collapse from their combined performance in the 2025 federal election.
The result underscores the SPD’s prolonged decline since its poor showing in the February 2025 federal election, where it secured just 16.4 per cent.
This already was its worst post-war result at the time.
As junior partner in Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU/CSU-SPD grand coalition, the party continues to bleed support amid economic stagnation, disputes over migration, and internal leadership tensions.
The GMS poll is the latest in a string of surveys showing the SPD struggling to reconnect with its traditional working-class and left-leaning base, with many voters shifting to the AfD, Greens, or abstention.
A similar poll by INSA put the CDU at 22 per cent, the Socialists at 12 per cent and the AfD at 29 per cent.
Germany’s eight leading polling organisations all have AfD at the number one party of Germany.
BUNDESTAGSWAHL | Sonntagsfrage GMS
AfD: 27% (+3)
Union: 23% (-3)
GRÜNE: 16% (+4)
SPD: 11% (-5)
LINKE: 11% (+1)
FDP: 5% (+2)
BSW: 2% (-1)
Sonstige: 5% (-1)Änderungen zur letzten Umfrage vom 03. März 2026
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— Deutschland Wählt (@Wahlen_DE) June 1, 2026
