# 2004 Thuringian state election

The 2004 Thuringian state election was held on 13 June 2004 to elect the members of the 4th Landtag of Thuringia. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government led by Minister-President Dieter Althaus retained its majority and continued in office.

## Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 3rd Landtag of Thuringia.
| Name | Name | Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1999 result | 1999 result |
| Name | Name | Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | Votes (%) | Seats |
| | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | Christian democracy | Dieter Althaus | 51.0% | 49 / 88 |
| | PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus | Democratic socialism | Bodo Ramelow | 21.3% | 21 / 88 |
| | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | Social democracy | Christoph Matschie | 18.5% | 18 / 88 |

## Opinion polling

| Date | Polling Firm | CDU | PDS | SPD | Grüne | FDP | Others | Lead |
| 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 |
| 2001 |||||||||
| 2000 |||||||||
| 12 Sep 1999 | 1999 state election | 51.0 | 21.3 | 18.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 6.1 | 29.7 |

## Election result

Summary of the 13 June 2004 election results for the Landtag of Thuringia :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
| | 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 | Total | 1,010,578 | 100.00 | – | 88 | – |
Popular Vote
CDU
42.95%
PDS
26.10%
SPD
14.48%
B'90/GRÜNE
4.52%
FDP
3.61%
FW
2.60%
REP
1.96%
NPD
1.55%
Other
2.23% :
Landtag seats
CDU
51.14%
PDS
31.82%
SPD
17.05% :

## Sources

* The Federal Returning Officer