The second federal electoral district of Chihuahua (Distrito electoral federal 02 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 second district covers the south of Ciudad Juárez and the adjacent municipalities of Ahumada, Guadalupe and Práxedis G. Guerrero.[4] The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Ciudad Juárez.[5]
Previous districting schemes
edit2017–2022
editBetween 2017 and 2022 the district comprised the municipalities of Ahumada, Ascensión, Buenaventura, Casas Grandes, Galeana, Guadalupe, Ignacio Zaragoza, Janos, Nuevo Casas Grandes and Práxedis G. Guerrero, together with the south of the municipality of Juárez and the southern portion of Ciudad Juárez.[6]
2005–2017
editUnder the 2005 districting scheme, Chihuahua's second district covered the western portion of Ciudad Juárez and of the surrounding municipality of Juárez.The head town was Ciudad Juárez.[7]
1996–2005
editAlmost exactly the same as the 2005–2017 configuration.[8]
1979–1996
editBetween 1979 and 1996, the second district was located in the south of the state, centred on the city of Hidalgo del Parral, an area covered by the 9th district under the 2022 plan.[4]
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | Oswaldo Rodríguez González | 50th Congress | 1976–1979 | |
1979 | Jesús Chávez Baeza | 51st Congress | 1979–1982 | |
1982 | Alfonso Cereceros Peña | 52nd Congress | 1982–1985 | |
1985 | Jacinto Gómez Pasillas | 53rd Congress | 1985–1988 | |
1988 | Rafael Chávez Rodríguez | 54th Congress | 1988–1991 | |
1991 | Carlos Morales Villalobos | 55th Congress | 1991–1994 | |
1994 | Alfredo Amaya | 56th Congress | 1994–1997 | |
1997 | Adalberto Balderrama | 57th Congress | 1997–2000 | |
2000 | David Rodríguez Torres | 58th Congress | 2000–2003 | |
2003 | Nora Yú Hernández[9] | 59th Congress | 2003–2006 | |
2006 | Lilia Merodio Reza | 60th Congress | 2006–2009 | |
61st Congress | ||||
62nd Congress | ||||
63rd Congress | ||||
64th Congress | ||||
65th Congress | ||||
2024 | Teresita de Jesús Vargas Meraz[5] | 66th Congress | 2024–2027 |
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.
- ^ a b "Chihuahua Distrito 2. Juárez". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "DISTRITACIÓN FEDERAL ESCENARIO FINAL - CHIHUAHUA 2017" (PDF). Instituto Nacional Electoral. 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.
- ^ "Perfil: Dip. Nora Elena Yú Hernández". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 27 June 2024.