Ilmenau: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Ilmenau with 36.5% of the second votes, CDU took 17.4%.
- MayorDaniel Schultheiß, since 2018 · Wikidata
- Turnout81.1% · Ilm-Kreis (Wkr. 191) 81.2% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters23,456 of 28,931 eligible voters
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency191 Gotha – Ilm-Kreis
Second votes in Ilmenau
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD36.5%-2.1
- CDU17.4%-1.2
- Linke16.4%+1.2
- BSW9.5%+0.1
- SPD8.7%-0.1
- Grüne6.1%+1.9
- FDP2.8%±0
- Freie Wähler1.5%-0.1
- Volt0.7%+0.2
- Others0.4%±0
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Thuringia | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 8,507 | 36.5% | 40.6% | 38.6% (-2.1) | 20.8% (+15.7) |
| CDU | 4,051 | 17.4% | 17.0% | 18.6% (-1.2) | 22.6% (-5.2) |
| Linke | 3,814 | 16.4% | 15.0% | 15.2% (+1.2) | 8.8% (+7.6) |
| BSW | 2,211 | 9.5% | 9.5% | 9.4% (+0.1) | 5.0% (+4.5) |
| SPD | 2,024 | 8.7% | 8.2% | 8.8% (-0.1) | 16.4% (-7.7) |
| Grüne | 1,428 | 6.1% | 4.2% | 4.2% (+1.9) | 11.6% (-5.5) |
| FDP | 649 | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2.8% (±0) | 4.3% (-1.5) |
| Freie Wähler | 349 | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.6% (-0.1) | – |
| Volt | 173 | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.5% (+0.2) | – |
| Others | 86 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% (±0) | 10.6% (-10.2) |
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by polling district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Municipal results are the sum of a municipality's polling districts including the postal-vote districts assigned to it. State and federal results: Federal Returning Officer, kerg2.csv, official final result. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Ilmenau: location in the Ilm-Kreis district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Ilmenau highlighted. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.