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.

District Chih-I

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
 PAN
 PRI
 PRD
 PT
 PVEM
 MC
 PANAL
 PSD

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
Alliance for Mexico
(PRI, PVEM)
 Y 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
Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Claudia Silvia Alvarado Carmona 3,108
2.62 / 100
 N Unregistered candidates 272
0.23 / 100
 N Spoilt papers 2,451
2.06 / 100
Total 131,195
100 / 100
Source: Instituto Federal Electoral.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chihuahua" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
  2. ^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chihuahua" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
  3. ^ 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.