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
Dieter Althaus (born 29 June 1958 in Heiligenstadt/ Eichsfeld) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the 3rd Minister President of Thuringia from 2003 to 2009. In 2003/04 he was the 58th President of the B ...
retained its majority and continued in office.
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 3rd Landtag of Thuringia.
Opinion polling
Election result
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! colspan="2" , Party
! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
! Seats %
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Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
, align= 434,088
, align= 43.0
, align= 8.0
, align= 45
, align= 4
, align= 51.1
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)
, align= 263,717
, align= 26.1
, align= 4.8
, align= 28
, align= 7
, align= 31.8
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Social Democratic Party (SPD)
, align= 146,297
, align= 14.5
, align= 4.0
, align= 15
, align= 3
, align= 17.0
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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= 45,649
, align= 4.5
, align= 2.6
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Free Democratic Party Free Democratic Party is the name of several political parties around the world. It usually designates a party ideologically based on liberalism.
Current parties with that name include:
*Free Democratic Party (Germany), a liberal political party in ...
(FDP)
, align= 36,483
, align= 3.6
, align= 2.5
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Free Voters (FW)
, align= 26,302
, align= 2.6
, align= 2.6
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
The Republicans (REP)
, align= 19,797
, align= 2.0
, align= 1.2
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
National Democratic Party (NPD)
, align= 15,695
, align= 1.6
, align= 1.4
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left , Others
, align= 22,550
, align= 2.2
, align=
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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! align=right colspan=2, Total
! align= 1,010,578
! align= 100.0
! align=
! align= 88
! align= ±0
! align=
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! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout
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! align= 53.8
! align= 6.1
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Sources
The Federal Returning Officer
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2004
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2004 elections in Germany