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 Ideology Leader(s) 1999 result Votes (%) Seats CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Dieter Althaus 51.0% PDS Party of Democratic Socialism Democratic socialism Bodo Ramelow 21.3% SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Christoph Matschie 18.5%
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
Sources The Federal Returning Officer