Saxony state election, 2004

  • PDS: 31
  • SPD: 13
  • Green: 6
  • FDP: 7
  • CDU: 55
  • NPD: 12

The state election in Saxony in 2004 was the fourth election to the Parliament of Saxony and took place on 19 September 2004.

With a loss of votes of more than 15 percentage points, the CDU since the re- establishment of the Free State of Saxony lost for the first time in 1990, an absolute majority. It formed following the election of a coalition government with the SPD. Georg Milbradt remained Prime Minister. After his resignation Stanislaw Tillich was elected Prime Minister. In addition to the CDU and the SPD, the PDS managed to direct re-entry in the Saxon parliament. After last 1990, the Greens and the FDP made ​​their way into the parliament.

For the first time drew the far-right NPD in the Saxon parliament, and was thus the first time again represented in a German state parliament since 1968.

On 25 November 2005, the Constitutional Court of Saxony upheld an election audit complaint by the candidate of the PDS in the constituency Leipzig 7, then in this constituency on January 22, 2006 held a repeat election in which, however, only the direct voice could be made ​​new. Since the CDU candidate could win his constituency again, no changes resulted from this re-run election in the distribution of seats.

Final Official final result

The approximately 3.56 million eligible voters voted in Saxony with a direct voice to the candidates of their constituency and the list vote the party or political association. With the list vote is decided by proportional representation on the composition of the 120 seats without overhang and compensation mandates comprehensive Parliament. With the direct voice of the respective direct mandate holders was elected to the 60 constituencies by majority vote. To retract in the Saxon parliament, had a party at least five percent of list votes to unite or win two direct mandates.

List votes

The final official result of the country's state election in Saxony is on September 19, 2004 for the list of votes:

In addition, were also various associations of voters at (for example CDU). The state chairman of the Republican, Kerstin Lorenz, proclaimed against the will of the federal tip the withdrawal of the nomination of their party in favor of the NPD.

The turnout was, according to official election results with 2,118,792 votes, 59.6 percent. Were entitled to vote 3,554,542 people. Of the votes cast list 98.2 percent were valid.

Direct votes

The CDU won in 55 constituencies the direct mandate. In two constituencies of Leipzig ( constituencies 27 and 29) and constituency 15 (Chemnitz 4) and constituency 55 ( Hoyerswerda ) succeeded to the PDS, respectively, of the CDU wrest a direct mandate. The SPD succeeded in doing so only in the constituency 28 (Leipzig 4).

By won direct mandates the CDU received two overhang seats. Therefore, PDS and SPD were each given a compensation mandate. Had the CDU less won a direct mandate, they would have had only an overhang mandate claim. This PDS and the SPD would each have received no compensation mandate, which would have the consequence that the CDU and FDP after the election of a majority government could be formed.

01) The Party of Democratic Socialism (abbreviated PDS) was called in July 2005 in The Left Party ( The Linke.PDS ) around.

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