2004 Saarland state election

2004 Saarland state election

5 September 2004
All 51 seats of the Landtag of Saarland 26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	441,628 (55.5%) 13.2%
First party Second party   Leader Peter Müller Heiko Maas Party CDU SPD Last election 26 seats, 45.5% 25 seats, 44.4% Seats won 27 18 Seat change 1 7 Popular vote 209,690 136,224 Percentage 47.5% 30.8% Swing 2.0% 13.6%   Third party Fourth party   Party Greens FDP Last election 0 seats, 3.2% 0 seats, 2.6% Seats won 3 3 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 24,830 22,842 Percentage 5.6% 5.2% Swing 2.4% 2.6%
Minister-President before election Peter Müller CDU Elected Minister-President Peter Müller CDU

The 2004 Saarland state election was held on 5 September 2004 to elect the members of the Landtag of Saarland. 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.

Name			Ideology	Leader(s)	1999 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands	Christian democracy	Peter Müller	45.5%	26 / 51
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	Social democracy	Heiko Maas	44.4%	25 / 51

Opinion polling

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	CDU	SPD	Grüne	FDP	Others	Lead
2004 state election	5 Sep 2004	–	47.5	30.8	5.6	5.2	10.9	16.7
Infratest dimap	23–25 Aug 2004	1,000	51	30	7	5	7	21
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen	17–19 Aug 2004	1,001	50	31	6	3	10	19
Forsa	10–13 Aug 2004	1,001	54	29	6	4	7	25
SaarZoom	1–14 Jun 2004	600	54.2	31.6	4.4	4.3	5.6	22.6
Infratest dimap	21–28 May 2004	1,000	54	33	5	3	5	21
SaarZoom	5–15 Feb 2004	600	56.7	29.9	4.9	3.0	5.6	26.8
SaarZoom	13–23 Oct 2003	500	56	33	5	1	5	23
Infratest dimap	24–28 Sep 2003	1,000	54	33	6	3	4	21
dimap	29 Nov 2002	1,000	54	33	4	3	6	21
Infratest dimap	5–8 Sep 2002	1,000	48	39	4	5	4	9
Infratest dimap	14–19 Jun 2002	1,000	49	38	4	6	3	11
Infratest dimap	24–30 Aug 2001	1,000	49	40	4	3	4	9
Infratest dimap	25–30 Aug 2000	1,000	48	43	3	3	?	5
Emnid	14–23 Aug 2000	?	46	43	4	4	?	3
1999 state election	5 Sep 1999	–	45.5	44.4	3.2	2.6	4.2	1.1

Election result

Summary of the 5 September 2004 election results for the Landtag of Saarland

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	209,690	47.5	2.0	27	1	52.9
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	136,224	30.8	13.6	18	7	35.3
	Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	24,830	5.6	2.4	3	3	5.9
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	22,842	5.2	2.6	3	3	6.9
	National Democratic Party (NPD)	17,590	4.0	4.0	0	±0	0
	Family Party of Germany (FAMILIE)	13,106	3.0	2.0	0	±0	0
	Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)	10,240	2.3	1.5	0	±0	0
	Others	7,106	1.6		0	±0	0
Total		441,628	100.0		51	±0
Voter turnout			55.5	13.2

Popular Vote CDU   47.48% SPD   30.85% B'90/GRÜNE   5.62% FDP   5.17% NPD   3.98% FAMILIE   2.97% PDS   2.32% Other   1.61%

Landtag seats CDU   52.94% SPD   35.29% B'90/GRÜNE   5.88% FDP   5.88%

Sources

• The Federal Returning Officer