# Ilm-Kreis I

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.
Ilm-Kreis I was created for the 1994 state election. Since 2014, it has been represented by Andreas Bühl of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

## 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.

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

## Election results
### 2024 election

State election (2024): Ilm-Kreis I :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Andreas Bühl | Y Andreas Bühl | 10,583 | 39.6 | 6.3 | 5,976 | 22.2 | 1.8 |
| | AfD | Jens Dietrich | Jens Dietrich | 9,497 | 35.5 | 10.3 | 9,010 | 33.5 | 9.4 |
| | BSW | | | | | | 4,043 | 15.0 | |
| | Left | Christian Schaft | Christian Schaft | 3,381 | 12.6 | 15.4 | 3,907 | 14.5 | 18.6 |
| | SPD | Maximilian Reichel-Schindler | Maximilian Reichel-Schindler | 1,364 | 5.1 | | 1,520 | 5.7 | 1.6 |
| | Greens | Madeleine Henfling | Madeleine Henfling | 895 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 1,098 | 4.1 | 1.5 |
| | FW | Mathias Nicolai | Mathias Nicolai | 789 | 2.9 | | 324 | 1.2 | |
| | APT | | | | | | 263 | 1.0 | 0.1 |
| | FDP | Martin Mölders | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 296 | | | 176 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,755 | | | 26,875 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,051 | 75.5 | 8.8 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 1,086 | 4.1 | 1.2 | | | |

### 2019 election

State election (2019): Ilm-Kreis I :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Andreas Bühl | Y Andreas Bühl | 8,998 | 33.3 | 3.3 | 5,570 | 20.4 | 11.3 |
| | Left | Christian Schaft | Christian Schaft | 7,571 | 28.0 | 8.4 | 9,027 | 33.1 | 2.0 |
| | AfD | Jens Dietrich | Jens Dietrich | 6,828 | 25.2 | | 6,569 | 24.1 | 13.5 |
| | Greens | Madeleine Henfling | Madeleine Henfling | 2,554 | 9.4 | 1.4 | 1,530 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| | FDP | Tim Wagner | Tim Wagner | 1,012 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 1,172 | 4.3 | 2.1 |
| | MLPD | Ernesto Joseph Heidenreich | Ernesto Joseph Heidenreich | 91 | 0.3 | | 62 | 0.2 | |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 3,310 | 12.2 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 522 | | | 336 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,054 | | | 27,240 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,576 | 66.7 | 11.6 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 1,427 | 5.3 | 5.1 | | | |

### 2014 election

State election (2014): Ilm-Kreis I :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Andreas Bühl | Andreas Bühl | 8,639 | 36.6 | 9.0 | 7,563 | 31.7 | 2.8 |
| | Left | Eckhard Bauerschmidt | Eckhard Bauerschmidt | 8,604 | 36.4 | 3.6 | 7,421 | 31.1 | 0.5 |
| | SPD | Stefan Sandmann | Stefan Sandmann | 2,649 | 11.2 | 0.5 | 2,566 | 10.8 | 5.9 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 2,517 | 10.6 | |
| | Greens | Madeleine Henfling | Madeleine Henfling | 1,883 | 8.0 | 2.9 | 1,380 | 5.8 | 0.9 |
| | NPD | Michael Ranft | Michael Ranft | 1,205 | 5.1 | 0.9 | 866 | 3.6 | 1.2 |
| | FDP | Heike Blodig von Sternfeld | Heike Blodig von Sternfeld | 636 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 529 | 2.2 | 4.3 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 1,011 | 4.2 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 529 | | | 292 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,616 | | | 23,853 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,145 | 55.1 | 3.2 | | | |
| | CDU gain from Left | CDU gain from Left | Majority | 35 | 0.2 | | | | |

### 2009 election

State election (2009): Ilm-Kreis I :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | Left | Petra Enders | Petra Enders | 10,571 | 40.0 | 5.5 | 8,081 | 30.6 | 4.0 |
| | CDU | Beate Misch | Beate Misch | 7,291 | 27.6 | 16.9 | 7,656 | 28.9 | 16.4 |
| | SPD | Frank Juffa | Frank Juffa | 3,088 | 11.7 | 3.8 | 4,415 | 16.7 | 2.4 |
| | Free Voters | Rainer Röhner | Rainer Röhner | 1,578 | 6.0 | | 1,304 | 4.9 | 3.1 |
| | FDP | Ingo Stöckel | Ingo Stöckel | 1,402 | 5.3 | | 1,724 | 6.5 | 3.9 |
| | Greens | Madeleine Henfling | Madeleine Henfling | 1,353 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 1,776 | 6.7 | 1.9 |
| | NPD | Boris Maier | Boris Maier | 1,122 | 4.2 | | 1,266 | 4.8 | 3.4 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 225 | 0.9 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 583 | | | 541 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,405 | | | 26,447 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,988 | 58.3 | 1.4 | | | |
| | Left gain from CDU | Left gain from CDU | Majority | 3,280 | 12.4 | | | | |

### 2004 election

State election (2004): Ilm-Kreis I :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Siegfried Jaschke | Y Siegfried Jaschke | 11,420 | 44.5 | 9.4 | 11,756 | 45.3 | 10.9 |
| | PDS | Petra Enders | Petra Enders | 8,846 | 34.5 | 12.3 | 6,897 | 26.6 | 6.8 |
| | SPD | Karin Rossmann | Karin Rossmann | 3,975 | 15.5 | 3.0 | 3,708 | 14.3 | 1.4 |
| | Greens | Matthias Schlegel | Matthias Schlegel | 1,398 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 1,254 | 4.8 | 3.3 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 2,357 | 9.1 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,549 | | | 1,216 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 25,639 | | | 25,972 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,188 | 56.9 | 8.0 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 2,574 | 10.0 | 21.7 | | | |

### 1999 election

State election (1999): Ilm-Kreis I :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Siegfried Jaschke | Y Siegfried Jaschke | 16,504 | 53.9 | 9.0 | 17,256 | 56.2 | 11.0 |
| | PDS | Eckhard Bauerschmidt | Eckhard Bauerschmidt | 6,794 | 22.2 | 4.9 | 6,093 | 19.8 | 3.8 |
| | SPD | Andreas Enkelmann | Andreas Enkelmann | 5,662 | 18.5 | 11.9 | 4,832 | 15.7 | 13.2 |
| | REP | Frank Jahn | Frank Jahn | 748 | 2.4 | | 164 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| | Greens | Bernd Hornaff | Bernd Hornaff | 571 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 465 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| | FDP | Hans-Joachim Wienröder | Hans-Joachim Wienröder | 355 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 199 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| | List-only parties | | | | | | 1,717 | 5.6 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 634 | | | 542 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,634 | | | 30,726 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,268 | 64.9 | 12.1 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 9,710 | 31.7 | 17.2 | | | |

### 1994 election

State election (1994): Ilmkreis I :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Siegfried Jaschke | 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 | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,262 | | | 1,225 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 35,596 | | | 35,633 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,858 | 77.0 | | | | |
| | CDU win new seat | CDU win new seat | Majority | 5,187 | 14.5 | | | | |