First Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua
The First Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua (I Distrito Electoral Federal de Chihuahua) is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of nine such districts in the state of Chihuahua.
It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative period, by means of the first past the post system.
District territory[edit]
Under the 2005 districting scheme, the district covers the municipalities of Ahumada, Ascensión, Guadalupe, Janos, Práxedis G. Guerrero and the southern part of the municipality of Juárez.[1]
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Ciudad Juárez.
Previous districting schemes[edit]
1996–2005 district[edit]
Between 1996 and 2005, the First District's territory was in the north and north-east of the state, covering the municipalities of Ahumada, Ascensión, Buenaventura, Casas Grandes, Galeana, Gómez Farías, Guadalupe, Ignacio Zaragoza, Janos, Madera, Matachí, Namiquipa, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Práxedis G. Guerrero and Temósachi; it was centred on the city of Nuevo Casas Grandes.[2]
1979–1996 district[edit]
Between 1979 and 1996, the First District was located in the centre of the state and was centred on the state capital, the city of Chihuahua
Deputies returned to Congress from this district[edit]
 Parties | |
|---|---|
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.svg){kind=logo} | PRI |
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 | MC |
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- L Legislature
- 1976–1979: Alberto Ramírez Gutiérrez (PRI)
- LI Legislature
- 1979–1982: Margarita Moreno Mena (PRI)
- LII Legislature
- 1982–1985: Miguel Ángel Acosta Ramos (PRI)
- LIII Legislature
- 1985–1988: Eduardo Turati (PAN)
- LIV Legislature
- 1988–1991: David Gómez Reyes (PRI)
- LV Legislature
- 1991–1994: Fernando Rodríguez Cerna (PRI)
- LVI Legislature
- 1994–1997: Manuel Russek Valles (PRI)
- LVII Legislature
- 1997–2000: Jeffrey Jones (PAN)
- LVIII Legislature
- 2000–2003: Hortencia Enríquez Ortega (PRI)
- LIX Legislature
- 2003–2006: José Mario Wong Pérez (PRI)
- LX Legislature
- 2006–2009: Enrique Serrano Escobar (PRI)
Results[edit]
| 2 July 2006 General Election: First District of Chihuahua | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party or Alliance | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| National Action Party | Juan Ramón Chacón Rojo | 39,391 | 33.16 / 100
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| Alliance for Mexico (PRI, PVEM) |
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Enrique Serrano Escobar | 45,482 | 38.29 / 100
| |
| Coalition for the Good of All (PRD, PT, Convergencia) |
Eleazar Reyes Salazar | 20,062 | 16.89 / 100
| ||
| New Alliance Party | José Antonio Reyes Cortez | 8,023 | 6.75 / 100
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| Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative | Claudia Silvia Alvarado Carmona | 3,108 | 2.62 / 100
| ||
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Unregistered candidates | 272 | 0.23 / 100
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Spoilt papers | 2,451 | 2.06 / 100
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| Total | 131,195 | 100 / 100
| |||
| Source: Instituto Federal Electoral.[3] | |||||
References[edit]
- ^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chihuahua" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
- ^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chihuahua" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Chihuahua. Elección de Diputados por el principio de mayoría relativa". Archived from the original on 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2008-11-08.