Third Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua
The Third Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua (III 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, Chihuahua's Third District covers the eastern portion of Ciudad 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]
Almost exactly the same as the current configuration.[2]
1979–1996 district[edit]
As at present, the Third District covered a portion of the Ciudad Juárez urban area.
Deputies returned to Congress from this district[edit]
 Parties | |
|---|---|
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 | MC |
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- XLVIII Legislature
- 1970–1971: Mario Jáquez Provencio (PRI)[3]
- 1971–1973: Fernando Pacheco Parra (PRI)
- XLIX Legislature
- 1973–1976:
- L Legislature
- 1976–1979: José Reyes Estrada Aguirre (PRI)
- LI Legislature
- 1979–1982: René Franco Barreno (PRI)
- LII Legislature
- 1982–1985: Enrique Soto Izquierdo (PRI)
- LIII Legislature
- 1985–1988: Héctor Mejía Gutiérrez (PAN)
- LIV Legislature
- 1988–1991: Miguel Agustín Corral (PAN)
- LV Legislature
- 1991–1994: Carlos Morales Villalobos (PRI)
- LVI Legislature
- 1994–1997: Sergio Vázquez Olivas (PRI)
- LVII Legislature
- 1997–2000: Saúl Flores Prieto (PAN)
- LVIII Legislature
- 2000–2003: Carlos Borunda Zaragoza (PAN)
- LIX Legislature
- 2003–2006: María Ávila Serna (PVEM)
- LX Legislature
- 2006–2009: Cruz Pérez Cuéllar (PAN)
Results[edit]
| 2 July 2006 General Election: Third District of Chihuahua | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party or Alliance | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| National Action Party |  |
Cruz Pérez Cuéllar | 64,827 | 51.12 / 100
| |
| Alliance for Mexico (PRI, PVEM) |
Antonio Candelas Alvarado | 33,270 | 26.23 / 100
| ||
| Coalition for the Good of All (PRD, PT, Convergencia) |
Juvicela Enríquez Romero | 16,766 | 13.23 / 100
| ||
| New Alliance Party | Sergio Guillermo Armendariz Díaz | 6,855 | 5.41 / 100
| ||
| Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative | Benjamín Quezada Martínez | 2,973 | 2.34 / 100
| ||
 |
Unregistered candidates | 193 | 0.15 / 100
| ||
|
Spoilt papers | 1,927 | 1.52 / 100
| ||
| Total | 126,821 | 100 / 100
| |||
| Source: Instituto Federal Electoral.[4] | |||||
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 19 November 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
- ^ Jáquez Provencio resigned his seat in Congress upon being elected Municipal President of Ciudad Juárez.
- ^ 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.