The 2004 Thuringian state election was held on 13 June 2004 to elect the members of the 4th
Landtag of Thuringia
The Landtag of Thuringia is the parliament of the German federal state of Thuringia. It convenes in Erfurt and currently consists of 90 members from six parties. According to the free state's constitution, the primary functions of the Landta ...
. 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. I ...
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 ...
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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! 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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, 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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, 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
Fo ...
(SPD)
, align= 146,297
, align= 14.5
, align= 4.0
, align= 15
, align= 3
, align= 17.0
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, 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 political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (for ...
(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
Free Voters (german: Freie Wähler, FW or FWG) in Germany may belong to an association of people which participates in an election without having the status of a registered political party. Usually it involves a locally organized group of voters ...
(FW)
, align= 26,302
, align= 2.6
, align= 2.6
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, 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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, align=left , Others
, align= 22,550
, align= 2.2
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, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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! align=right colspan=2, Total
! align= 1,010,578
! align= 100.0
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! align= 88
! align= ±0
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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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Events January
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2004 elections in Germany