The 2004 Saarland state election was held on 5 September 2004 to elect the members of the
Landtag of Saarland
The Landtag of 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 part ...
. The incumbent
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government led by
Minister-President 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
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! 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
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, 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
Form ...
(SPD)
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, align= 30.8
, align= 13.6
, align= 18
, align= 7
, align= 35.3
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, align=left ,
Alliance 90/The Greens
Alliance 90/The Greens (, ), often simply referred to as Greens (, ), is a Green (politics), green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of the Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (formed in East Ger ...
(Grüne)
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, align= 5.6
, align= 2.4
, align= 3
, align= 3
, align= 5.9
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, 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)
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, align= 5.2
, align= 2.6
, align= 3
, align= 3
, align= 6.9
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National Democratic Party (NPD)
, align= 17,590
, align= 4.0
, align= 4.0
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Family Party of Germany
The Family Party of Germany () is a minor conservative political party in Germany. It has elected members to several local councils in the state of Saarland. The party wants to introduce a right to vote for children carried out by the legal guard ...
(FAMILIE)
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, align= 3.0
, align= 2.0
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)
, align= 10,240
, align= 2.3
, align= 1.5
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, align=left , Others
, align= 7,106
, align= 1.6
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, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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! align=right colspan=2, Total
! align= 441,628
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! align= 51
! align= ±0
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! align= 55.5
! align= 13.2
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Sources
The Federal Returning Officer
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Saarland
Saarland (, ; ) is a state of Germany in the southwest 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 the smallest in ...
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
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
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