Where did AfD gain voters?

The AfD won 5.92m votes in the 2017 German federal election, a gain of almost 4.5m from its 2013 total. AfD voters include more than a million who switched from Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU and a large number of former non-voters

2013

AfD 2017

5.92m

1.47m

Non-

voters

1.47

AfD

1.04

CDU

0.73

Others

0.51

SPD

0.42

Linke

0.12

FDP

0.05

Grüne

1.04

CDU

1.47m

Non-voters

1.47

AfD

0.73

Others

0.51

SPD

0.42

Linke

0.12

FDP

0.05

Grüne

AfD 2017

5.92m