First Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua
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Federal Electoral Districts of Mexico
The Federal Electoral Districts of Mexico are the 300 constituencies or electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of federal elections. Each district returns one Federal Deputy, who sits in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Federal Congress...
into which Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of nine such districts in the state
States of Mexico
The United Mexican States is a federal republic formed by 32 federal entities .According to the Constitution of 1917, the states of the federation are free and sovereign. Each state has their own congress and constitution, while the Federal District has only limited autonomy with a local Congress...
of Chihuahua.
It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress
Congress of Mexico
The Congress of the Union is the legislative branch of the Mexican government...
for each three-year legislative period, by means of the first past the post
Plurality voting system
The plurality voting system is a single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member constituencies...
system.
District territory
Under the 2005 districting scheme, the district covers the municipalities of AhumadaAhumada (municipality)
Ahumada is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Villa Ahumada. The municipality covers an area of 17,131.5 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 11,727.-Towns and villages:...
, Ascensión
Ascensión (municipality)
Ascensión is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The capital lies at Ascensión. The municipality covers an area of .As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 23,975....
, Guadalupe
Guadalupe (municipality of Chihuahua)
Guadalupe is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The capital lies at Guadalupe. The municipality covers an area of 6,200.5 km².As of the 2010 national census, the municipality had a total population of 6,458 inhabitants....
, Janos, Práxedis G. Guerrero
Práxedis G. Guerrero (municipality)
Práxedis G. Guerrero is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Práxedis G. Guerrero, Chihuahua. The municipality covers an area of 808.97 km² and stands on the US border close to Ciudad Juárez.-Name:...
and the southern part of the municipality of Juárez
Juárez (municipality of Chihuahua)
Juárez is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Ciudad Juárez. The municipality covers an area of ....
.
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez , officially known today as Heroica Ciudad Juárez, but abbreviated Juárez and formerly known as El Paso del Norte, is a city and seat of the municipality of Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Juárez's estimated population is 1.5 million people. The city lies on the Rio Grande...
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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 AhumadaAhumada (municipality)
Ahumada is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Villa Ahumada. The municipality covers an area of 17,131.5 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 11,727.-Towns and villages:...
, Ascensión
Ascensión (municipality)
Ascensión is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The capital lies at Ascensión. The municipality covers an area of .As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 23,975....
, Buenaventura, Casas Grandes, Galeana, Gómez Farías
Gómez Farías
Gómez Farías is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Valentín Gómez Farías, Chihuahua. The municipality covers an area of 986.6 km²....
, Guadalupe
Guadalupe (municipality of Chihuahua)
Guadalupe is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The capital lies at Guadalupe. The municipality covers an area of 6,200.5 km².As of the 2010 national census, the municipality had a total population of 6,458 inhabitants....
, Ignacio Zaragoza
Ignacio Zaragoza (municipality)
Ignacio Zaragoza is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico, named after Ignacio Zaragoza. The municipal seat lies at Ignacio Zaragoza town. The municipality covers an area of 2,130.9 km²....
, Janos, Madera, Matachí, Namiquipa
Namiquipa
Namiquipa is a town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Namiquipa.In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 20,314, of whom 1,718 lived in the municipal seat....
, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Práxedis G. Guerrero and Temósachi
Temósachi (municipality)
Temósachi is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Temósachi. The municipality covers an area of 5,361.9 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 6,319.-Towns and villages:...
; it was centred on the city of Nuevo Casas Grandes
Nuevo Casas Grandes
Nuevo Casas Grandes, also known as Nueva Casas Grandes, is a city and seat of the Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipality in northern Mexico. It is located in the northwestern part of the state of Chihuahua, on the Casas Grandes or San Miguel river, situated in a wide, fertile valley on the 4,000-foot...
.
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 ChihuahuaChihuahua, Chihuahua
The city of Chihuahua is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It has a population of about 825,327. The predominant activity is industry, including domestic heavy, light industries, consumer goods production, and to a smaller extent maquiladoras.-History:It has been said that the...
Deputies returned to Congress from this district
- L Legislature
- 1976–1979: Alberto Ramírez Gutiérrez (PRI)
- LI Legislature
- 1979–1982: Margarita Moreno Mena (PRI)
- LII Legislature
- 1982–1985: Miguel Ángel Acosta Ramos (PRI)
- LIII Legislature
- 1985–1988: Eduardo Turati (PAN)
- LIV Legislature
- 1988–1991: David Gómez Reyes (PRI)
- LV Legislature
- 1991–1994: Fernando Rodríguez Cerna (PRI)
- LVI LegislatureLVI Legislature of the Mexican Congress-Members of the LVI Legislature:# Dip. Aburto Torres Taide# Dip. Acebo Salman Jesús Guillermo# Dip. Aceves del Olmo Carlos Humberto# Dip. Aceves Hernández Pablo Pedro# Dip. Acosta Ruelas Miguel# Dip. Aguiar Ortega Gabriel# Dip. Aguilar Martínez José Luis...
- 1994–1997: Manuel Russek Valles (PRI)
- LVII LegislatureLVII Legislature of the Mexican CongressThe LVII Legislature of the Congress of Mexico met from 1997 to 2000....
- 1997–2000: Jeffrey JonesJeffrey Max JonesJeffrey Max Jones is a Mexican politician.He graduated from Brigham Young University in International Relations in 1982. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the National Action Party of Mexico since 1995...
(PAN)
- 1997–2000: Jeffrey Jones
- LVIII LegislatureLVIII Legislature of the Mexican CongressThe LVIII Legislature of the Congress of Mexico met from September 1, 2000, to August 31, 2003. All members of the LVIII Legislature were elected in the elections of July 2000....
- 2000–2003: Hortensia Enríquez Ortega (PRI)
- LIX LegislatureLIX Legislature of the Mexican CongressThe LIX Legislature of the Congress of Mexico met from September 2003 to August 2006. All members of the lower house of the Congress were elected in the elections of July 2003 while members of the upper house were elected in the elections of July 2000.-Chamber of Deputies:-Senate of...
- 2003–2006: José Mario Wong Pérez (PRI)
- LX LegislatureLX Legislature of the Mexican CongressThe LX Legislature of the Congress of Mexico is meeting from September 1, 2006, to September 1, 2009. All members of both the lower and upper houses of Congress were elected in the elections of July 2006.-Senators by state:-Plurinominal Senators:...
- 2006–2009: Enrique Serrano Escobar (PRI)
Results
| 2 July 2006 General Election: First District of Chihuahua Mexican general election, 2006 A general election was held in Mexico on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the federal level:*A new President of the Republic to serve a six-year term, replacing then Mexican President Vicente Fox .*500 members to serve for a... |
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| Party or Alliance | | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| National Action Party National Action Party (Mexico) The National Action Party , is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Centre-Right in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the... |
Juan Ramón Chacón Rojo | 39,391 | |||
| Alliance for Mexico Alliance for Mexico The Alliance for Mexico is the name of two different multi-party electoral alliances in Mexico; one from 2000 and the other from 2006.-2000 elections:... (PRI, PVEM) |
Enrique Serrano Escobar | 45,482 | |||
| Coalition for the Good of All Coalition for the Good of All The Coalition for the Good of All was a left-wing coalition created by the Party of the Democratic Revolution , Convergence and the Labor Party to support Andrés Manuel López Obrador as a candidate for the presidency of Mexico in the general election of 2006... (PRD, PT, Convergencia) |
Eleazar Reyes Salazar | 20,062 | |||
| New Alliance Party New Alliance Party (Mexico) The New Alliance Party is one of the newest political parties in Mexico.Its creation was proposed by the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación , the largest trade union in Latin America, led by Elba Esther Gordillo, the controversial former general secretary of the Institutional... |
José Antonio Reyes Cortez | 8,023 | |||
| Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative | Claudia Silvia Alvarado Carmona | 3,108 | |||
| Unregistered candidates | 272 | 0.23% | |||
| Spoilt papers | 2,451 | ||||
| Total | 131,195 | ||||
| Source: Instituto Federal Electoral. | |||||