2004 Saarland state election
Template:Short description Template:Infobox election The 2004 Saarland state election was held on 5 September 2004 to elect the members of the Landtag of Saarland. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government led by Minister-President Peter Müller retained its majority and continued in office.
PartiesEdit
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Saarland.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1999 result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
Christian democracy | Peter Müller | 45.5% | Template:Composition bar |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} |
Social democracy | Heiko Maas | 44.4% | Template:Composition bar |
Opinion pollingEdit
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
CDU | SPD | Grüne | FDP | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:Template:Party color;"| | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | |||||
| 2004 state election | 5 Sep 2004 | – | 47.5 | 30.8 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 10.9 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 16.7 |
| Infratest dimap | 23–25 Aug 2004 | 1,000 | 51 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 7 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 21 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 17–19 Aug 2004 | 1,001 | 50 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 10 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 19 |
| Forsa | 10–13 Aug 2004 | 1,001 | 54 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 7 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 25 |
| SaarZoom | 1–14 Jun 2004 | 600 | 54.2 | 31.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.6 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 22.6 |
| Infratest dimap | 21–28 May 2004 | 1,000 | 54 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 5 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 21 |
| SaarZoom | 5–15 Feb 2004 | 600 | 56.7 | 29.9 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 5.6 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 26.8 |
| SaarZoom | 13–23 Oct 2003 | 500 | 56 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 5 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 23 |
| Infratest dimap | 24–28 Sep 2003 | 1,000 | 54 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 4 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 21 |
| dimap | 29 Nov 2002 | 1,000 | 54 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 6 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 21 |
| Infratest dimap | 5–8 Sep 2002 | 1,000 | 48 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 4 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 9 |
| Infratest dimap | 14–19 Jun 2002 | 1,000 | 49 | 38 | 4 | 6 | 3 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 11 |
| Infratest dimap | 24–30 Aug 2001 | 1,000 | 49 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 4 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 9 |
| Infratest dimap | 25–30 Aug 2000 | 1,000 | 48 | 43 | 3 | 3 | ? | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 5 |
| Emnid | 14–23 Aug 2000 | ? | 46 | 43 | 4 | 4 | ? | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 3 |
| 1999 state election | 5 Sep 1999 | – | 45.5 | 44.4 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 4.2 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 1.1 |
Election resultEdit
Template:Election table |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 209,690 | align=right| 47.5 | align=right| Template:Increase2.0 | align=right| 27 | align=right| Template:Increase1 | align=right| 52.9 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 136,224 | align=right| 30.8 | align=right| Template:Decrease13.6 | align=right| 18 | align=right| Template:Decrease7 | align=right| 35.3 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 24,830 | align=right| 5.6 | align=right| Template:Increase2.4 | align=right| 3 | align=right| Template:Increase3 | align=right| 5.9 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 22,842 | align=right| 5.2 | align=right| Template:Increase2.6 | align=right| 3 | align=right| Template:Increase3 | align=right| 6.9 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD) | align=right| 17,590 | align=right| 4.0 | align=right| Template:Increase4.0 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left | Family Party of Germany (FAMILIE) | align=right| 13,106 | align=right| 3.0 | align=right| Template:Increase2.0 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) | align=right| 10,240 | align=right| 2.3 | align=right| Template:Increase1.5 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left | Others | align=right| 7,106 | align=right| 1.6 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 441,628 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 51 ! align=right| ±0 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 55.5 ! align=right| Template:Decrease13.2 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |} Template:Bar box Template:Bar box