Ilm-Kreis I

Last updated September 17, 2025

Ilm-Kreis I is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Landtag of Thuringia. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 22. It covers the southern part of Ilm-Kreis.^[1]

Geography

As of the 2019 state election, Ilm-Kreis I covers the southern part of Ilm-Kreis, specifically the municipalities of Angelroda, Elgersburg, Geratal (only Geraberg), Großbreitenbach, Ilmenau, Martinroda, and Plaue (only Neusiß). It also includes the village of Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig from Suhl.^[1]

Members

The constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union from its creation in 1994 until 2009, during which time it was represented by Siegfried Jaschke. It was won by The Left in 2009, and represented by Petra Enders. The CDU's candidate Andreas Bühl won the constituency in 2014. He was re-elected in 2019 and 2024.

	Member	Party	%
1994	Siegfried Jaschke	CDU	44.9
1999			53.9
2004			44.5
2009	Petra Enders	LINKE	40.0
2014	Andreas Bühl	CDU	36.6
2019			33.3
2024			39.6

Election results

2024 election

State election (2024): Ilm-Kreis I^[2]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Andreas Bühl		10,583	39.6	6.3	5,976	22.2	1.8
	AfD	Jens Dietrich		9,497	35.5	10.3	9,010	33.5	9.4
	BSW						4,043	15.0
	Left	Christian Schaft		3,381	12.6	15.4	3,907	14.5	18.6
	SPD	Maximilian Reichel-Schindler		1,364	5.1		1,520	5.7	1.6
	Greens	Madeleine Henfling		895	3.3	6.1	1,098	4.1	1.5
	FW	Mathias Nicolai		789	2.9		324	1.2
	APT						263	1.0	0.1
	FDP	Martin Mölders		246	0.9	2.8	253	0.9	3.4
	Pirates						118	0.4
	BD						109	0.4
	Familie						100	0.4
	Values						97	0.4
	ÖDP						30	0.1	0.2
	MLPD						27	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				296			176
Total valid votes				26,755			26,875
Turnout				27,051	75.5	8.8
	CDU hold		Majority	1,086	4.1	1.2

2019 election

State election (2019): Ilm-Kreis I^[3]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Andreas Bühl		8,998	33.3	3.3	5,570	20.4	11.3
	Left	Christian Schaft		7,571	28.0	8.4	9,027	33.1	2.0
	AfD	Jens Dietrich		6,828	25.2		6,569	24.1	13.5
	Greens	Madeleine Henfling		2,554	9.4	1.4	1,530	5.6	0.2
	FDP	Tim Wagner		1,012	3.7	1.0	1,172	4.3	2.1
	MLPD	Ernesto Joseph Heidenreich		91	0.3		62	0.2
	List-only parties						3,310	12.2
Informal votes				522			336
Total valid votes				27,054			27,240
Turnout				27,576	66.7	11.6
	CDU hold		Majority	1,427	5.3	5.1

2014 election

State election (2014): Ilm-Kreis I^[4]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Andreas Bühl		8,639	36.6	9.0	7,563	31.7	2.8
	Left	Eckhard Bauerschmidt		8,604	36.4	3.6	7,421	31.1	0.5
	SPD	Stefan Sandmann		2,649	11.2	0.5	2,566	10.8	5.9
	AfD						2,517	10.6
	Greens	Madeleine Henfling		1,883	8.0	2.9	1,380	5.8	0.9
	NPD	Michael Ranft		1,205	5.1	0.9	866	3.6	1.2
	FDP	Heike Blodig von Sternfeld		636	2.7	2.6	529	2.2	4.3
	List-only parties						1,011	4.2
Informal votes				529			292
Total valid votes				23,616			23,853
Turnout				24,145	55.1	3.2
	CDU gain from Left		Majority	35	0.2

2009 election

State election (2009): Ilm-Kreis I^[5]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Left	Petra Enders		10,571	40.0	5.5	8,081	30.6	4.0
	CDU	Beate Misch		7,291	27.6	16.9	7,656	28.9	16.4
	SPD	Frank Juffa		3,088	11.7	3.8	4,415	16.7	2.4
	Free Voters	Rainer Röhner		1,578	6.0		1,304	4.9	3.1
	FDP	Ingo Stöckel		1,402	5.3		1,724	6.5	3.9
	Greens	Madeleine Henfling		1,353	5.1	0.4	1,776	6.7	1.9
	NPD	Boris Maier		1,122	4.2		1,266	4.8	3.4
	List-only parties						225	0.9
Informal votes				583			541
Total valid votes				26,405			26,447
Turnout				26,988	58.3	1.4
	Left gain from CDU		Majority	3,280	12.4

2004 election

State election (2004): Ilm-Kreis I^[6]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Siegfried Jaschke		11,420	44.5	9.4	11,756	45.3	10.9
	PDS	Petra Enders		8,846	34.5	12.3	6,897	26.6	6.8
	SPD	Karin Rossmann		3,975	15.5	3.0	3,708	14.3	1.4
	Greens	Matthias Schlegel		1,398	5.5	3.6	1,254	4.8	3.3
	List-only parties						2,357	9.1
Informal votes				1,549			1,216
Total valid votes				25,639			25,972
Turnout				27,188	56.9	8.0
	CDU hold		Majority	2,574	10.0	21.7

1999 election

State election (1999): Ilm-Kreis I^[7]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Y Siegfried Jaschke		16,504	53.9	9.0	17,256	56.2	11.0
	PDS	Eckhard Bauerschmidt		6,794	22.2	4.9	6,093	19.8	3.8
	SPD	Andreas Enkelmann		5,662	18.5	11.9	4,832	15.7	13.2
	REP	Frank Jahn		748	2.4		164	0.5	1.1
	Greens	Bernd Hornaff		571	1.9	2.8	465	1.5	1.8
	FDP	Hans-Joachim Wienröder		355	1.2	1.5	199	0.6	1.9
	List-only parties						1,717	5.6
Informal votes				634			542
Total valid votes				30,634			30,726
Turnout				31,268	64.9	12.1
	CDU hold		Majority	9,710	31.7	17.2

1994 election

State election (1994): Ilmkreis I^[8]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CDU	Siegfried Jaschke		15,994	44.9		16,100	45.2
	SPD			10,807	30.4		10,303	28.9
	PDS			6,152	17.3		5,694	16.0
	Greens			1,666	4.7		1,183	3.3
	FDP			977	2.7		885	2.5
	List-only parties						1,468	4.1
Informal votes				1,262			1,225
Total valid votes				35,596			35,633
Turnout				36,858	77.0
	CDU win new seat		Majority	5,187	14.5

References

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[Area-1] 1 2 "Landtagswahlen 2019 - Wahlkreise und dazugehörige Gemeinden".

[2] "Wahlen in Thüringen".

[3] Landtagswahl in Thüringen am. 27 Oktober 2019

[4] Wahlen in Thüringen 2014

[5] Wahlen in Thüringen 2009

[6] Wahlen in Thüringen 2004

[7] Wahlen in Thüringen 1999

[8] Wahlen in Thüringen 1994

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