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 Christian democracy Peter Müller 45.5% SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Heiko Maas 44.4%
Opinion polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize 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
| colspan=8 | |- ! 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| 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| 3 | align=right| 6.9 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD) | align=right| 17,590 | align=right| 4.0 | 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| ! align=right| ! align=right|
Sources The Federal Returning Officer