Election Name: | 2004 Thuringia state election |
Country: | Thuringia |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1999 Thuringia state election |
Previous Year: | 1999 |
Next Election: | 2009 Thuringian state election |
Next Year: | 2009 |
Seats For Election: | All 88 seats of the Landtag of Thuringia |
Majority Seats: | 45 |
Election Date: | 13 June 2004 |
Registered: | 1,958,401 0.4% |
Turnout: | 1,010,578 (53.8%) 6.1% |
Leader1: | Dieter Althaus |
Party1: | Christian Democratic Union (Germany) |
Last Election1: | 49 seats, 51.0% |
Seats1: | 45 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Popular Vote1: | 434,088 |
Percentage1: | 43.0% |
Swing1: | 8.0% |
Leader2: | Bodo Ramelow |
Party2: | Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) |
Last Election2: | 21 seats, 21.3% |
Seats2: | 28 |
Seat Change2: | 7 |
Popular Vote2: | 263,717 |
Percentage2: | 26.1% |
Swing2: | 4.8% |
Leader3: | Christoph Matschie |
Party3: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
Last Election3: | 18 seats, 18.5% |
Seats3: | 15 |
Seat Change3: | 3 |
Popular Vote3: | 146,297 |
Percentage3: | 14.5% |
Swing3: | 4.0% |
Map Size: | 350px |
Minister-President | |
Before Election: | Dieter Althaus |
Before Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
After Election: | Dieter Althaus |
After Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
The 2004 Thuringian state election was held on 13 June 2004 to elect the members of the 4th Landtag of Thuringia. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government led by Minister-President Dieter Althaus retained its majority and continued in office.
The table below lists parties represented in the 3rd Landtag of Thuringia.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1999 result | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Dieter Althaus | 51.0% | |||
bgcolor= | PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism | Democratic socialism | Bodo Ramelow | 21.3% | |||
bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Christoph Matschie | 18.5% |
Date | Polling Firm | CDU | PDS | SPD | Grüne | FDP | Others | Lead | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
13 Jun 2004 | 2004 state election | 43.0 | 26.1 | 14.5 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 8.3 | 16.9 | ||
3 Jun | IfM | 49.0 | 21.0 | 20.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 28.0 | ||
1-3 Jun | FGW | 44.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 22.0 | ||
29 May-3 Jun | Infratest dimap | 45.0 | 22.0 | 20.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 23.0 | ||
25–29 May | aproxima | 42.0 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 18.0 | ||
25–29 May | Infratest dimap | 45.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 24.0 | ||
26–28 May | Forsa | 43.0 | 23.0 | 20.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 20.0 | ||
30 Apr | aproxima | 45.0 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 22.0 | ||
18-23 Mar | Infratest dimap | 48.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 27.0 | ||
17-23 Mar | aproxima | 45.0 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 21.0 | ||
9 Mar | aproxima | 42.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 | ||
28 Feb | IfM | 50.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 31.0 | ||
2004 | ||||||||||
6 Dec | apropro! | 43.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 | ||
8 Nov | apropro! | 45.0 | 19.0 | 23.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 22.0 | ||
16 Oct | IfM | 55.0 | 15.0 | 22.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 33.0 | ||
18 Jul | IfM | 45.0 | 15.0 | 28.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 17.0 | ||
5 Jul | apropro! | 38.0 | 18.0 | 31.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | ||
20 Jun | Projekt Contor | 45.0 | 17.0 | 25.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 20.0 | ||
8 Apr | IfM | 41.0 | 16.0 | 31.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | ||
8 Mar | apropro! | 41.0 | 19.0 | 26.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 15.0 | ||
24 Jan | IfM | 48.0 | 15.0 | 26.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 22.0 | ||
2003 | ||||||||||
22 Oct | IfM | 39.0 | 11.5 | 41.0 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
22 Sep 2002 | 2002 federal election | 29.4 | 17.0 | 39.9 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 3.6 | 10.5 | ||
9 Jul | IfM | 43.0 | 19.0 | 29.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 14.0 | ||
22 Apr | apropro! | 42.0 | 20.0 | 27.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 15.0 | ||
20 Apr | IfM | 42.0 | 20.0 | 27.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 15.0 | ||
2002 | ||||||||||
21 Dec | IfM | 41.0 | 21.0 | 30.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 11.0 | ||
3 Nov | apropro! | 34.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | ||
27 Oct | IfM | 39.0 | 21.0 | 32.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | ||
10 Jul | IfM | 46.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 23.0 | ||
2001 | ||||||||||
2000 | ||||||||||
12 Sep 1999 | 1999 state election | 51.0 | 21.3 | 18.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 6.1 | 29.7 |