Election Name: | 2004 Saarland state election |
Country: | Saarland |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1999 Saarland state election |
Previous Year: | 1999 |
Next Election: | 2009 Saarland state election |
Next Year: | 2009 |
Seats For Election: | All 51 seats of the Landtag of Saarland |
Majority Seats: | 26 |
Election Date: | 5 September 2004 |
Turnout: | 441,628 (55.5%) 13.2% |
Image1: | Peter Müller (2009).jpg |
Leader1: | Peter Müller |
Party1: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
Seats1: | 27 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 209,690 |
Percentage1: | 47.5% |
Swing1: | 2.0% |
Leader2: | Heiko Maas |
Party2: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
Last Election2: | 25 seats, 44.4% |
Seats2: | 18 |
Seat Change2: | 7 |
Popular Vote2: | 136,224 |
Percentage2: | 30.8% |
Swing2: | 13.6% |
Party4: | Alliance 90/The Greens |
Seats4: | 3 |
Seat Change4: | 3 |
Popular Vote4: | 24,830 |
Percentage4: | 5.6% |
Swing4: | 2.4% |
Party5: | Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
Seats5: | 3 |
Seat Change5: | 3 |
Popular Vote5: | 22,842 |
Percentage5: | 5.2% |
Swing5: | 2.6% |
Minister-President | |
Before Election: | Peter Müller |
Before Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
After Election: | Peter Müller |
After Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
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.
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Saarland.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1999 result | |||||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Peter Müller | 45.5% | |||
bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Heiko Maas | 44.4% |
Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | CDU | SPD | Grüne | FDP | Others | Lead | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 state election | data-sort-value="2004-09-05" | 5 Sep 2004 | – | 47.5 | 30.8 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 10.9 | 16.7 | |
Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2004-08-26" | 23–25 Aug 2004 | 1,000 | 51 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | |
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | data-sort-value="2004-08-20" | 17–19 Aug 2004 | 1,001 | 50 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | |
Forsa | data-sort-value="2004-08-17" | 10–13 Aug 2004 | 1,001 | 54 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | |
SaarZoom | data-sort-value="2004-06-21" | 1–14 Jun 2004 | 600 | 54.2 | 31.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 22.6 | |
Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2004-05-28" | 21–28 May 2004 | 1,000 | 54 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | |
SaarZoom | data-sort-value="2004-03-02" | 5–15 Feb 2004 | 600 | 56.7 | 29.9 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 5.6 | 26.8 | |
SaarZoom | data-sort-value="2003-11-14" | 13–23 Oct 2003 | 500 | 56 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 23 | |
Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2003-10-02" | 24–28 Sep 2003 | 1,000 | 54 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | |
dimap | data-sort-value="2002-11-29" | 29 Nov 2002 | 1,000 | 54 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | |
Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2002-09-10" | 5–8 Sep 2002 | 1,000 | 48 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2002-06-25" | 14–19 Jun 2002 | 1,000 | 49 | 38 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |
Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2001-09-05" | 24–30 Aug 2001 | 1,000 | 49 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2000-09-05" | 25–30 Aug 2000 | 1,000 | 48 | 43 | 3 | 3 | ? | 5 | |
Emnid | data-sort-value="2000-08-28" | 14–23 Aug 2000 | ? | 46 | 43 | 4 | 4 | ? | 3 | |
1999 state election | data-sort-value="1999-09-05" | 5 Sep 1999 | – | 45.5 | 44.4 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 1.1 |
|-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! +/-! Seats ! +/-! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)| align=right| 209,690| align=right| 47.5| align=right| 2.0| align=right| 27| align=right| 1| align=right| 52.9|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)| align=right| 136,224| align=right| 30.8| align=right| 13.6| align=right| 18| align=right| 7| align=right| 35.3|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)| align=right| 24,830| align=right| 5.6| align=right| 2.4| align=right| 3| align=right| 3| align=right| 5.9|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)| align=right| 22,842| align=right| 5.2| align=right| 2.6| align=right| 3| align=right| 3| align=right| 6.9|-! colspan=8||-| bgcolor=| | align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD)| align=right| 17,590| align=right| 4.0| align=right| 4.0| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Family Party of Germany (FAMILIE)| align=right| 13,106| align=right| 3.0| align=right| 2.0| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)| align=right| 10,240| align=right| 2.3| align=right| 1.5| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=|| 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| 13.2! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |}