The seventh federal electoral district of Chihuahua (Distrito electoral federal 07 de Chihuahua) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of nine such districts currently operating in the state of Chihuahua.
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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. Votes cast in this district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the first region.[1][2]
District territory
editUnder the 2022 districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,[3] the district is located in the centre-west portion of the state, covering the municipalities of Bachíniva, Buenaventura, Casas Grandes, Cuauhtémoc, Cusihuiriachi, Galeana, Santa Isabel, Gómez Farías, Gran Morelos, Guerrero, Ignacio Zaragoza, Madera, Matachí, Moris, Namiquipa, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Ocampo, Riva Palacio and Temósachic.[4][5]
Its head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua.[6][4]
Previous districting schemes
edit2005–2017
editUnder the 2005 districting scheme, the seventh district covered the municipalities of Bachíniva, Buenaventura, Casas Grandes, Cuauhtémoc, Galeana, Gómez Farías, Guerrero, Ignacio Zaragoza, Madera, Matachí, Moris, Namiquipa, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Ocampo, Riva Palacio and Temósachi in the west of the state.[7]
The head town was Ciudad Cuauhtémoc.
1996–2005
editBetween 1996 and 2005, the seventh district was located in the centre-west portion of the state and comprised mostly municipalities of the Sierra Tarahumara region: Bachíniva, Batopilas, Bocoyna, Carichí, Chínipas, Cuauhtémoc, Cusihuiriachi, Dr. Belisario Domínguez, Gran Morelos, Guazapares, Guerrero, Maguarichi, Moris, Nonoava, Ocampo, Riva Palacio, San Francisco de Borja, Santa Isabel, Satevó, Uruachi and Urique.[8]
1979–1996 district
editBetween 1979 and 1996, the seventh district comprised the southern portion of the state capital, Chihuahua, Chih.
Deputies returned to Congress
editNational parties | |
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Current | |
PAN | |
PRI | |
PT | |
PVEM | |
MC | |
Morena | |
Defunct or local only | |
PLM | |
PNR | |
PRM | |
PP | |
PPS | |
PARM | |
PFCRN | |
Convergencia | |
PANAL | |
PSD | |
PES | |
PRD |
Election | Deputy | Party | Legislature | Term |
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1979 | Demetrio Bernardo Franco Derma | 51st Congress | 1979–1982 | |
1982 | Juan Manuel Terrazas Sánchez | 52nd Congress | 1982–1985 | |
1985 | Jorge Doroteo Zapata | 53rd Congress | 1985–1988 | |
1988 | Carlos Barranco Fuentes | 54th Congress | 1988–1991 | |
1991 | Eloy Gómez Pando | 55th Congress | 1991–1994 | |
1994 | Mario de la Torre Hernández | 56th Congress | 1994–1997 | |
1997 | Odórico Vázquez Bernal | 57th Congress | 1997–2000 | |
2000 | Jorge Esteban Sandoval | 58th Congress | 2000–2003 | |
2003 | Jorge Castillo Cabrera | 59th Congress | 2003–2006 | |
2006 | Israel Beltrán Montes | 60th Congress | 2006–2009 | |
2009 | Guadalupe Pérez Domínguez | 61st Congress | 2009–2012 | |
2012 | Kamel Athié Flores | 62nd Congress | 2012–2015 | |
2015 | Alex Le Baron González | 63rd Congress | 2015–2018 | |
2018 | Eraclio Rodríguez Gómez | 64th Congress | 2018–2021 | |
2021 | Patricia Terrazas Baca | 65th Congress | 2021–2024 | |
2024 | Jesús Roberto Corral Ordóñez[6] | 66th Congress | 2024–2027 |
Results
edit2 July 2006 General Election: Seventh District of Chihuahua | |||||
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Party or Alliance | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
National Action Party | Jeffrey Jones | 36,863 | 28.10 / 100
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Alliance for Mexico (PRI, PVEM) |
Israel Beltrán Montes | 56,327 | 42.93 / 100
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Coalition for the Good of All (PRD, PT, Convergencia) |
Víctor Quintana Silveyra | 27.782 | 21.18 / 100
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New Alliance Party | Austreberta Bustamante Grajeda | 6,855 | 3.72 / 100
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Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative | Ramiro Encontrías Ontiveros | 1,100 | 0.84 / 100
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Unregistered candidates | 137 | 0.10 / 100
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Spoilt papers | 4,113 | 3.13 / 100
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Total | 131,195 | 100 / 100
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Source: Instituto Federal Electoral.[9] |
References
edit- ^ "How Mexico Elects Its Leaders — The Rules". Mexico Solidarity Project. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Circunscripciones" (PDF). ayuda.ine.mx. Instituto Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ De La Rosa, Yared (20 February 2023). "Nueva distritación electoral le quita diputados a la CDMX y le agrega a Nuevo León". Forbes México. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Así será la distribución de los Distritos Electorales Federales en Chihuahua". El Heraldo de Chihuahua. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021-2023" (PDF). Instituto Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Chihuahua Distrito 7. Cuauhtémoc". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Chihuahua. Elección de Diputados por el principio de mayoría relativa". Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.