The 2004 Saarland state election was held on 5 September 2004 to elect the members of the
Landtag of Saarland
The Landtag of the Saarland is the state diet (assembly), diet of the German federal state of Saarland. It convenes in Saarbrücken and currently consists of 51 members of five parties. The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) is the largest ...
. The incumbent
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government led by
Minister-President
A minister-president or minister president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments with a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government where they preside over the council of ministers. It ...
Peter Müller retained its majority and continued in office.
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Saarland.
Opinion polling
Election result
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! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
! Seats %
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Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
, align= 209,690
, align= 47.5
, align= 2.0
, align= 27
, align= 1
, align= 52.9
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
For ...
(SPD)
, align= 136,224
, align= 30.8
, align= 13.6
, align= 18
, align= 7
, align= 35.3
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Alliance 90/The Greens
Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...
(Grüne)
, align= 24,830
, align= 5.6
, align= 2.4
, align= 3
, align= 3
, align= 5.9
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Free Democratic Party (FDP)
, align= 22,842
, align= 5.2
, align= 2.6
, align= 3
, align= 3
, align= 6.9
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! colspan=8,
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
National Democratic Party (NPD)
, align= 17,590
, align= 4.0
, align= 4.0
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Family Party of Germany
The Family Party of Germany (german: Familienpartei Deutschlands) is a minor conservative political party in Germany. It has elected members to several local councils in the state of Saarland. In the 2005 federal elections, the Family Party rece ...
(FAMILIE)
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, align= 3.0
, align= 2.0
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)
, align= 10,240
, align= 2.3
, align= 1.5
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left , Others
, align= 7,106
, align= 1.6
, align=
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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! align=right colspan=2, Total
! align= 441,628
! align= 100.0
! align=
! align= 51
! align= ±0
! align=
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! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout
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! align= 55.5
! align= 13.2
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Sources
The Federal Returning Officer
{{Saarland state elections
Saarland
The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
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