First Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua

Parties
Parties
	PAN
	PRI
	PRD
	PT
	PVEM
	MC
	PANAL
	PSD

District Chih-I

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.

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 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[]

1996–2005 district[]

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[]

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[]

L Legislature
- 1976–1979: (PRI)
- 1979–1982: (PRI)
- 1982–1985: (PRI)
LIII Legislature
- 1985–1988: (PAN)
LIV Legislature
- 1988–1991: (PRI)
LV Legislature
- 1991–1994: (PRI)
LVI Legislature
- 1994–1997: (PRI)
LVII Legislature
- 1997–2000: Jeffrey Jones (PAN)
LVIII Legislature
- 2000–2003: Hortencia Enríquez Ortega (PRI)
LIX Legislature
- 2003–2006: (PRI)
LX Legislature
- 2006–2009: Enrique Serrano Escobar (PRI)

Results[]

2 July 2006 General Election: First District of Chihuahua
Party or Alliance		Candidate		Votes	Percentage
	National Action Party			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)			20,062	16.89 / 100
	New Alliance Party			8,023	6.75 / 100
	Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative			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[]

^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chihuahua" (PDF). Retrieved 9 November 2008.
^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chihuahua" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-11-09.
^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Chihuahua. Elección de Diputados por el principio de mayoría relativa". Retrieved 2008-11-08.

[1] Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chihuahua" (PDF). Retrieved 9 November 2008.

[2] Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chihuahua" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-11-09.

[3] Instituto Federal Electoral. "Chihuahua. Elección de Diputados por el principio de mayoría relativa". Retrieved 2008-11-08.

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