Ilm-Kreis: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Ilm-Kreis with 40.6% of the second votes, followed by CDU with 17.0%. Below, the results of all 16 municipalities.
- District AdministratorPetra Enders (Linke), since 2012 · Wikidata
- Turnout81.2% · Thuringia 80.7% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters66,378 of 81,713 eligible voters
- Compared with ThuringiaAfD +2.0 · CDU −1.6 · Linke −0.2 · BSW +0.1
- AfD range across municipalities33.7% to 57.7%
Second votes in Ilm-Kreis
Deviation from the state result in points.
- AfD40.6%+2.0
- CDU17.0%-1.6
- Linke15.0%-0.2
- BSW9.5%+0.1
- SPD8.2%-0.6
- Grüne4.2%±0
- FDP2.7%-0.1
- Freie Wähler1.7%+0.1
- Volt0.5%±0
- Others0.4%±0
Change compared with the result in Thuringia.
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by independent city and district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Strongest party by municipality in Ilm-Kreis
Tap to open the municipality result. Labels appear on the largest municipalities by area; all values are in the table below.
All municipalities in Ilm-Kreis
Sorted by number of voters. Range across the district: AfD 33.7 to 57.7%, CDU 8.9 to 20.8%, Linke 10.4 to 19.7%, BSW 4.4 to 12.9%, SPD 4.3 to 11.6%, Grüne 1.5 to 7.8%, FDP 1.8 to 4.8%.
| Municipality | Voters | Turnout | AfD | CDU | Linke | BSW | SPD | Grüne | FDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilmenau | 23,456 | 81.1% | 36.5 | 17.4 | 16.4 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 6.1 | 2.8 |
| Arnstadt | 15,890 | 77.0% | 40.6 | 15.8 | 15.7 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
| Geratal | 6,012 | 83.5% | 46.2 | 16.8 | 13.4 | 8.9 | 7.0 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| Amt Wachsenburg | 5,485 | 85.2% | 41.9 | 17.4 | 14.6 | 10.3 | 7.1 | 3.4 | 2.7 |
| Stadtilm | 5,412 | 81.2% | 41.5 | 19.4 | 13.1 | 10.2 | 7.8 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| Großbreitenbach | 4,065 | 82.7% | 51.4 | 15.5 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| Plaue | 1,143 | 70.1% | 48.8 | 13.8 | 15.3 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| Elgersburg | 647 | 67.4% | 43.9 | 19.8 | 13.6 | 7.8 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Martinroda | 646 | 66.9% | 43.0 | 19.6 | 13.0 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| Briefwahl VVG Geratal/Plaue | 583 | – | 27.1 | 23.1 | 16.8 | 11.7 | 8.8 | 6.0 | 2.2 |
| Elleben | 567 | 77.5% | 33.7 | 17.7 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 4.8 |
| Briefwahl VVG Riechheimer Berg | 482 | – | 24.6 | 20.3 | 19.8 | 14.4 | 10.2 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
| Witzleben | 398 | 79.8% | 46.9 | 16.7 | 13.1 | 9.2 | 7.2 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| Bösleben-Wüllersleben | 380 | 74.5% | 35.9 | 17.8 | 19.7 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| Elxleben | 371 | 71.3% | 42.9 | 16.1 | 18.9 | 4.4 | 7.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| Dornheim | 337 | 72.3% | 57.7 | 8.9 | 13.7 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
| Osthausen-Wülfershausen | 296 | 73.3% | 43.3 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 9.9 | 11.6 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| Alkersleben | 208 | 81.2% | 49.8 | 20.8 | 10.6 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 2.4 |
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. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.