Straw poll number 5 took place on 26/09/2016. The results (Encourage-Discourage-Neutral) are in descending order:
- Antonio Guterres 12-2-1
- Vuk Jeremic 8-6-1
- Miroslav Lajcak 8-7-0
- Danilo Turk 7-7-1
- Susana Malcorra 7-7-1
- Irina Bokova 6-7-2
- Helen Clark 6-9-0
- Srgjan Kerim 6-9-0
- Natalia Gherman 3-11-1