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| Registered | 1,958,401  0.4% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 1,010,578 (53.8%) 6.1% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
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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 | |
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| 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 | 1,010,578 | 100.00 | – | 88 | – | |
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| Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach state election | |
| Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt state election | |
| Schwarzburg-Sondershausen state election | |
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