The radical-left party DIE LINKE has won the 2026 Berlin election - benefiting massively from ethnic voting.
Our institute analyzed the official results from all 4,114 polling and postal-voting districts. The pattern is striking: In areas where less than 10% of the population has a migration background, the AfD received 25.4% and DIE LINKE 17.8%. In areas where the share is at least 60%, the relationship is almost completely reversed: DIE LINKE received 41.0%, while the AfD won just 10.6%.
This district-level pattern is supported by an election-day survey conducted by Forschungsgruppe Wahlen. According to an analysis obtained by the Catholic News Agency (KNA), 51% of surveyed Muslim voters supported DIE LINKE - compared with the party’s citywide result of 25.7%. This represents an increase of 36 percentage points among Muslim voters compared with the 2023 election.
Developments since the previous election also reveal growing polarization. In the areas with the highest migration-background shares, DIE LINKE gained 24.7 percentage points. The AfD, by contrast, recorded its strongest gains in the areas with the lowest shares. At the same time, voter turnout increased particularly strongly in heavily migration-shaped areas. Left-wing parties - in Berlin, above all DIE LINKE - are benefiting from ethnic voting and the mobilization of these areas. The presence of Lebanese clan boss Issa Remmo at the party’s election-night celebration was symbolic of this development.
Replacement migration does not merely change the composition of the population. In the long term, it also changes political majorities and thereby threatens the democratic self-determination of the native population. This is why Europe needs Remigration.