2004 Saarland state election

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.

{| class="wikitable"

! rowspan=2 colspan=3| Name

! rowspan=2| Ideology

! rowspan=2| Leader(s)

! colspan=2| 1999 result

! Votes (%)

! Seats

| bgcolor= |

| align=center| CDU

| Christian Democratic Union of Germany<br>

| Christian democracy

| Peter Müller

| align=center| 45.5%

| bgcolor= |

| align=center| SPD

| Social Democratic Party of Germany<br>

| Social democracy

| Heiko Maas

| align=center| 44.4%

Opinion polling

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px;"

|- style="height:40px;"

! style="width:160px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm

! style="width:120px;" rowspan="2"| Fieldwork date

! style="width:35px;" rowspan="2"| Sample<br>size

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| CDU

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| SPD

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| Grüne

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| FDP

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| Others

! style="width:30px;" rowspan="2"| Lead

! style="background:;"|

|- style="background:#E9E9E9;"

| 2004 state election

| data-sort-value="2004-09-05"| 5 Sep 2004

| –

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 47.5

| 30.8

| 5.6

| 5.2

| 10.9

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 16.7

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="2004-08-26"| 23–25 Aug 2004

| 1,000

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 51

| 30

| 7

| 5

| 7

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 21

| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen

| data-sort-value="2004-08-20"| 17–19 Aug 2004

| 1,001

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 50

| 31

| 6

| 3

| 10

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 19

| Forsa

| data-sort-value="2004-08-17"| 10–13 Aug 2004

| 1,001

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 54

| 29

| 6

| 4

| 7

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 25

| SaarZoom

| data-sort-value="2004-06-21"| 1–14 Jun 2004

| 600

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 54.2

| 31.6

| 4.4

| 4.3

| 5.6

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 22.6

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="2004-05-28"| 21–28 May 2004

| 1,000

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 54

| 33

| 5

| 3

| 5

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 21

| SaarZoom

| data-sort-value="2004-03-02"| 5–15 Feb 2004

| 600

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 56.7

| 29.9

| 4.9

| 3.0

| 5.6

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 26.8

| SaarZoom

| data-sort-value="2003-11-14"| 13–23 Oct 2003

| 500

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 56

| 33

| 5

| 1

| 5

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 23

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="2003-10-02"| 24–28 Sep 2003

| 1,000

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 54

| 33

| 6

| 3

| 4

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 21

| dimap

| data-sort-value="2002-11-29"| 29 Nov 2002

| 1,000

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 54

| 33

| 4

| 3

| 6

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 21

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="2002-09-10"| 5–8 Sep 2002

| 1,000

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 48

| 39

| 4

| 5

| 4

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 9

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="2002-06-25"| 14–19 Jun 2002

| 1,000

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 49

| 38

| 4

| 6

| 3

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 11

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="2001-09-05"| 24–30 Aug 2001

| 1,000

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 49

| 40

| 4

| 3

| 4

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 9

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="2000-09-05"| 25–30 Aug 2000

| 1,000

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 48

| 43

| 3

| ?

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 5

| Emnid

| data-sort-value="2000-08-28"| 14–23 Aug 2000

| ?

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 46

| 43

| 4

| ?

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 3

|- style="background:#E9E9E9;"

| 1999 state election

| data-sort-value="1999-09-05"| 5 Sep 1999

| –

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 45.5

| 44.4

| 3.2

| 2.6

| 4.2

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 1.1

Election result

| colspan=8 | center|350px

! colspan="2" | Party

! Votes

! %

! +/-

! Seats

! +/-

! Seats %

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

| align=right| 209,690

| align=right| 47.5

| align=right| 2.0

| align=right| 27

| align=right| 1

| align=right| 52.9

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)

| align=right| 136,224

| align=right| 30.8

| align=right| 13.6

| align=right| 18

| align=right| 7

| align=right| 35.3

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)

| align=right| 24,830

| align=right| 5.6

| align=right| 2.4

| align=right| 3

| align=right| 5.9

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)

| align=right| 22,842

| align=right| 5.2

| align=right| 2.6

| align=right| 3

| align=right| 6.9

! colspan=8|

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD)

| align=right| 17,590

| align=right| 4.0

| align=right| 0

| align=right| ±0

| align=right| 0

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Family Party of Germany (FAMILIE)

| align=right| 13,106

| align=right| 3.0

| align=right| 2.0

| align=right| 0

| align=right| ±0

| align=right| 0

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)

| align=right| 10,240

| align=right| 2.3

| align=right| 1.5

| align=right| 0

| align=right| ±0

| align=right| 0

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Others

| align=right| 7,106

| align=right| 1.6

| align=right|

| align=right| 0

| align=right| ±0

| align=right| 0

! align=right colspan=2| Total

! align=right| 441,628

! align=right| 100.0

! align=right|

! align=right| 51

! align=right| ±0

! align=right|

! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout

! align=right|

! align=right| 55.5

! align=right| 13.2

! align=right|

Sources

The Federal Returning Officer