The Sixth Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua (VI Distrito Electoral Federal de Chihuahua) is one of the 300 Electoral Districts

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

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 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

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 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 western portion of the Chihuahua Municipality, including approximately one-half of the city of Chihuahua. The other half of the city, and the rest of the municipality, is covered by the Eighth District

Eighth Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua

The Eighth Federal Electoral District of 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...

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The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the state capital, the city of Chihuahua

Chihuahua, 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...

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1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the district covered the northern part of Chihuahua Municipality; i.e., it included the part of the city/municipality north of the Río Chuviscar.

1979–1996 district

Between 1979 and 1996, the Sixth District was located in the eastern central part of the state, centred on the city of Camargo

Camargo, Chihuahua

Santa Rosalía de Camargo, originally called Santa Rosalia, and now known as "Camargo City", is a city in the eastern part of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as municipal seat of Camargo municipality. It is a colonial town steeped in history. The Mission Santa Rosalía has a beautiful park...

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Deputies returned to Congress from this district

Parties

• L Legislature
  • 1976–1979: José Refugio Mar de la Rosa (PRI)
• LI Legislature
  • 1979–1982: Enrique Sánchez Silva (PRI)
• LII Legislature
  • 1982–1985: Diógenes Bustamante Vela (PRI)
• LIII Legislature
  • 1985–1986: Fernando Baeza Meléndez (PRI)
  • 1986–1988: Alfredo Rohana Estrada (PRI)
• LIV Legislature
  • 1988–1990: Arturo Armendáriz Delgado (PRI)
  • 1990–1991: Oscar Villalobos Chávez (PRI)
• LV Legislature
  • 1991–1994: Jaime Ríos Velasco Grajeda (PRI)
• LVI Legislature
  LVI 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: Oscar Villalobos Chávez (PRI)
• LVII Legislature
  LVII Legislature of the Mexican Congress
  The LVII Legislature of the Congress of Mexico met from 1997 to 2000....
  
  
  • 1997–1998: Patricio Martínez García (PRI)
  • 1998–2000: Xochitl Reyes Castro (PRI)
• LVIII Legislature
  LVIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress
  The 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....
  
  
  • 2000–2001: Hugo Gutiérrez Dávila (PAN)
  • 2001–2003: Luis Villegas Montes (PAN)
• LIX Legislature
  LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress
  The 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: Gustavo Madero Muñoz
    Gustavo Madero Muñoz
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     (PAN)
• LX Legislature
  LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress
  The 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: Emilio Flores Domínguez (PAN)