2004 Thuringian state election
Appearance
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All 88 seats of theLandtag of Thuringia 45 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 1,958,4010.4% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 1,010,578 (53.8%)6.1% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results for the single-member constituencies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2004 Thuringian state electionwas held on 13 June 2004 to elect the members of the 4thLandtag of Thuringia.The incumbentChristian Democratic Union(CDU) government led byMinister-PresidentDieter Althausretained its majority and continued in office.
Parties
[edit]The table below lists parties represented in the 3rd Landtag of Thuringia.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1999 result | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands |
Christian democracy | Dieter Althaus | 51.0% | 49 / 88
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PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus |
Democratic socialism | Bodo Ramelow | 21.3% | 21 / 88
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SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
Social democracy | Christoph Matschie | 18.5% | 18 / 88
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Opinion polling
[edit]Date | Polling Firm | CDU | PDS | SPD | Grüne | FDP | Others | Lead | |
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13 Jun 2004 | 2004 state election | 43.0 | 26.1 | 14.5 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 8.3 | 16.9 | |
3 Jun | IfM | 49.0 | 21.0 | 20.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 28.0 | |
1-3 Jun | FGW | 44.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 22.0 | |
29 May-3 Jun | Infratest dimap | 45.0 | 22.0 | 20.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 23.0 | |
25–29 May | aproxima | 42.0 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 18.0 | |
25–29 May | Infratest dimap | 45.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 24.0 | |
26–28 May | Forsa | 43.0 | 23.0 | 20.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 20.0 | |
30 Apr | aproxima | 45.0 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 22.0 | |
18-23 Mar | Infratest dimap | 48.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 27.0 | |
17-23 Mar | aproxima | 45.0 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 21.0 | |
9 Mar | aproxima | 42.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 | |
28 Feb | IfM | 50.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 31.0 | |
2004 | |||||||||
6 Dec | apropro! | 43.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 | |
8 Nov | apropro! | 45.0 | 19.0 | 23.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 22.0 | |
16 Oct | IfM | 55.0 | 15.0 | 22.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 33.0 | |
18 Jul | IfM | 45.0 | 15.0 | 28.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 17.0 | |
5 Jul | apropro! | 38.0 | 18.0 | 31.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | |
20 Jun | Projekt Contor | 45.0 | 17.0 | 25.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 20.0 | |
8 Apr | IfM | 41.0 | 16.0 | 31.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | |
8 Mar | apropro! | 41.0 | 19.0 | 26.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 15.0 | |
24 Jan | IfM | 48.0 | 15.0 | 26.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 22.0 | |
2003 | |||||||||
22 Oct | IfM | 39.0 | 11.5 | 41.0 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |
22 Sep 2002 | 2002 federal election | 29.4 | 17.0 | 39.9 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 3.6 | 10.5 | |
9 Jul | IfM | 43.0 | 19.0 | 29.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 14.0 | |
22 Apr | apropro! | 42.0 | 20.0 | 27.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 15.0 | |
20 Apr | IfM | 42.0 | 20.0 | 27.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 15.0 | |
2002 | |||||||||
21 Dec | IfM | 41.0 | 21.0 | 30.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 11.0 | |
3 Nov | apropro! | 34.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | |
27 Oct | IfM | 39.0 | 21.0 | 32.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | |
10 Jul | IfM | 46.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 23.0 | |
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2000 | |||||||||
12 Sep 1999 | 1999 state election | 51.0 | 21.3 | 18.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 6.1 | 29.7 |
Election result
[edit]Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 434,088 | 42.95 | 8.0 | 45 | 4 | |
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) | 263,717 | 26.10 | 4.8 | 28 | 7 | |
Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 146,297 | 14.48 | 4.0 | 15 | 3 | |
Alliance '90/The Greens (Grüne) | 45,649 | 4.52 | 2.6 | 0 | ||
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 36,483 | 3.61 | 2.5 | 0 | ||
Free Voters (FW) | 26,302 | 2.60 | 2.6 | 0 | ||
The Republicans (REP) | 19,797 | 1.96 | 1.2 | 0 | ||
National Democratic Party (NPD) | 15,695 | 1.55 | 1.4 | 0 | ||
Others | 22,550 | 2.23 | 0 | |||
Total | 1,010,578 | 100.00 | – | 88 | – |