2004 Saxony state election
Results
Turnout was at 59.6%, down from 61.1% in the 1999 election. Turnout was at 59.6%, a decline of 1.5% from the previous elections.

2004 Saxony state election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: Turnout was at 59.6%, down from 61.1% in the 1999 election. Turnout was at 59.6%, a decline of 1.5% from the previous elections.

Party	Ideology	Vote % (change)	Seats (change)	Seat %

Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	Centre-right	41.1%	−15.8%	55	−21	44.4%

Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) [Now Die Linke]	Left-wing	23.6%	+1.4%	31	+1	25.0%

Social Democratic Party (SPD)	Centre-left	9.8%	−0.9%	13	−1	10.5%

National Democratic Party (NPD)	Far-right, ultranationalist	9.2%	+7.8%	12	+12	9.7%

Free Democratic Party (FDP)	Free Market	5.9%	+4.8%	7	+7	5.6%

Alliance '90/The Greens (Die Grünen)	Environmental, Centre-left	5.1%	+2.5%	6	+6	4.8%

Animal Protection Party (Tierschutzpartei)	Animal welfare	1.6%	+1.6%

Gray Panthers (Graue)	Pensioner's advocacy	0.9%	+0.6%

Party of Bible-Loyal Christians (PBC)	Religious, far-right	0.7%	+0.4%

Civil Rights Movement Solidarity (BüSo)	LaRouche movement	0.5%	+0.4%

Party for Rights, Freedom, Health (AUFBRUCH)	Environmental	0.5%	+0.5%

German Social Union (DSU)	Conservative	0.5%	+0.1%

Others	0.4%	3.1%

Total	100.0%	124	+4	100.0%

Sentence(s)

The CDU is the strongest party with 55 of 124 seats.

final_sentence: The CDU is the strongest party with 55 of 124 seats.