Overview
- The CSU-commissioned GMS poll places the party at 40% support in Bavaria, with the AfD second at 19%.
- Greens register 12% and coalition partner Free Voters 10%, while the SPD sits at 6% near the five percent threshold.
- Left (3%), BSW (2%) and FDP (2%) would fail to enter the Landtag according to the survey snapshot.
- The representative poll surveyed 1,005 Bavarians between December 5 and 10 and was published as the CSU gathers in Munich.
- CSU General Secretary Martin Huber called the results a vote of confidence and a boost ahead of the March 8, 2026 municipal elections, and Markus Söder reiterated there would be no cooperation with the AfD.