Third federal electoral district of Durango

The third federal electoral district of Durango (Distrito electoral federal 03 de Durango) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of four such districts currently operating in the state of Durango.

Federal electoral districts of Durango since 2022

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

Under the 2022 districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the third district covers 10 municipalities in the centre and east of the state:

• Canatlán, Coneto de Comonfort, Cuencamé, Simón Bolívar, Guadalupe Victoria, Lerdo, Nazas, Nombre de Dios, Nuevo Ideal, Pánuco de Coronado , Peñón Blanco, Poanas, Rodeo, San Juan de Guadalupe, San Juan del Río, Santa Clara, Súchil and Vicente Guerrero.

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Ciudad Lerdo.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

National parties
Current
	PAN
	PRI
	PT
	PVEM
	MC
	Morena
Defunct or local only
	PLM
	PNR
	PRM
	PPS
	PRD
	Convergencia
	PANAL
	PSD
	PES

Third federal electoral district of Durango

Deputy	Party	Legislature	Term	Election
Antonio Gutiérrez Rivera		Constituent Congress of Querétaro 27th Congress 28th Congress	1916–1920
Salvador Franco Urias		29th Congress 30th Congress	1920–1924
Juan Pablo Estrada		31st Congress	1924–1926
Daniel R. Gutiérrez		27th Congress 33rd Congress	1926–1930
Lorenzo Gámiz		34th Congress	1930–1932
Fernando Arenas		35th Congress	1932–1934
Miguel Arrieta Vizcarra		36th Congress	1934–1937
Ernesto Calderón R.		37th Congress	1937–1940
Braulio Meraz Navárez		38th Congress	1940–1943	1940
Marino Castillo Nájera		39th Congress	1943–1946	1943
Ramiro Rodríguez Palafox		40th Congress	1946–1949	1946
Gustavo Durón González		41st Congress	1949–1952	1949
Ramiro Rodríguez Palafox		42nd Congress	1952–1955	1952
Juan Pescador Polanco	PP	43rd Congress	1955–1958	1955
Enrique Wenceslao Sánchez García		44th Congress	1958–1961	1958
Agustín Ruiz Soto		45th Congress	1961–1964	1961
Enrique Wenceslao Sánchez García		46th Congress	1964–1967	1964
Juan Antonio Orozco Fierro		47th Congress	1967–1970	1967
Francisco Navarro Veloz		48th Congress	1970–1973	1970
Víctor Rocha Marín		49th Congress	1973–1976	1973
Salvador Reyes Nevares		50th Congress	1976–1979	1976
Armando del Castillo Franco		51st Congress	1979–1982	1979
María Albertina Barbosa Espinoza		52nd Congress	1982–1985	1982
Francisco Gamboa Herrera		53rd Congress	1985–1988	1985
Rubén Hernández Higuera		54th Congress	1988–1991	1988
Francisco Gamboa Herrera		55th Congress	1991–1994	1991
José Rosas Aispuro		56th Congress	1994–1997	1994
Juan Arizmendi Hernández		57th Congress	1997–2000	1997
Olga Margarita Uriarte Rico		58th Congress	2000–2003	2000
Fernando Adame de León		59th Congress	2003–2006	2003
José Rubén Escajeda Jiménez		60th Congress	2006–2009	2006
Óscar García Barrón		61st Congress	2009–2012	2009
José Rubén Escajeda Jiménez		62nd Congress	2012–2015	2012
Óscar García Barrón		63rd Congress	2015–2018	2015
Maribel Aguilera Cháirez		64th Congress 65th Congress	2018–2022	2018 2021
Martha Alicia Arreola Martínez		65th Congress	2022–2024