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. Opinion polling Election result |- ! 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 Saarland 2004