2004 Brandenburg state election

2004 Brandenburg state election

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All 88 seats in the Landtag of Brandenburg 45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	1,168,909 (56.4%) 2.1%
First party Second party   Leader Matthias Platzeck Dagmar Enkelmann Party SPD PDS Leader's seat Potsdam II Barnim II Last election 37 seats, 39.3% 22 seats, 23.3% Seats won 33 29 Seat change 4 7 Popular vote 372,942 326,801 Percentage 31.9% 28.0% Swing 7.4% 4.7%   Third party Fourth party   DVU Leader Jörg Schönbohm Liane Hesselbarth Party CDU DVU Leader's seat State-wide party list State-wide party list Last election 25 seats, 26.5% 5 seats, 5.3% Seats won 20 6 Seat change 5 1 Popular vote 227,062 71,041 Percentage 19.4% 6.1% Swing 7.1% 0.8%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Government before election Platzeck I[a] SPD–CDU Government after election Platzeck II SPD–CDU

The 2004 Brandenburg state election was held on 19 September 2004 to elect the members of the 4th Landtag of Brandenburg. The incumbent government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Minister-President Matthias Platzeck was returned with a significantly reduced majority. The Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) moved into second place, although polls prior to the election suggested it would become the largest party. The CDU fell to third place.
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