Sixth federal electoral district of Chihuahua

The sixth federal electoral district of Chihuahua (Distrito electoral federal 06 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.

Chihuahua's 6th district since 2022
Chihuahua's 6th district in 2017–2022
Chihuahua's 6th district in 2005–2017

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,[1] 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.[2][3] The district covers the northern and western portions of the city and its surrounding municipality.[4]

Previous districting schemes

2017–2022

In 2017 to 2022, the sixth district covered part of the west of the city of Chihuahua and the northern portion of the municipality of Chihuahua.[5]

2005–2017

Between 2005 and 2017, the district covered the western portion of the municipality of Chihuahua, including approximately one-half of the city of Chihuahua.The other half of the city and the rest of the municipality were covered by the eighth district. The head town was the city of Chihuahua.[6]

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, the district covered the northern part of the municipality of Chihuahua; i.e., it included the part of the city/municipality north of the Río Chuviscar.[7]

1979–1996

Between 1979 and 1996, the sixth district was located in the eastern central part of the state, centred on the city of Camargo.[8]

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
Federal deputies for the sixth district of Chihuahua
DeputyPartyLegislatureTermElection
Constituent Congress
of Querétaro
1916–1917
27th Congress1917–1918
Manuel Chávez M. 28th Congress1918–1920
Alejandro Velázquez López[a] 29th Congress1920–1922
Manuel Chávez M. 30th Congress1922–1924
José Calles 31st Congress1924–1926
Rafael V. Balderrama 32nd Congress1926–1928
Práxedes Giner Durán 33rd Congress1928–1930
The sixth district was suspended between 1930 and 1961
Carlos Chavira Becerra [es] 45th Congress1961–19641961
José Martínez Alvídrez 46th Congress1964–19671964
Armando Bejarano Pedroza 47th Congress1967–19701967
José Refugio Mar de la Rosa [es] 48th Congress1970–19731970
Ernesto Villalobos Payán 49th Congress1973–19761973
José Refugio Mar de la Rosa 50th Congress1976–19791976
Enrique Sánchez Silva 51st Congress1979–19821979
Diógenes Bustamante Vela 52nd Congress1982–19851982
Fernando Baeza Meléndez[b] 53rd Congress1985–19861985
Alfredo Rohana Estrada1986–1988
Arturo Armendáriz Delgado [es][c] 54th Congress1988–19901988
Óscar Villalobos Chávez [es]1990–1991
Jaime Ríos Velasco Grajeda 55th Congress1991–19941991
Óscar Villalobos Chávez [es] 56th Congress1994–19971994
Patricio Martínez García[d] 57th Congress1997–19981997
Xóchitl Reyes Castro1998–2000
Francisco Hugo Gutiérrez Dávila[e] 58th Congress2000–20012000
Luis Villegas Montes2001–2003
Gustavo Madero Muñoz 59th Congress2003–20062003
Emilio Flores Domínguez 60th Congress2006–20092006
Maurilio Ochoa Millán [es] 61st Congress2009–20122009
Minerva Castillo Rodríguez 62nd Congress2012–20152012
Juan Blanco Zaldívar [es][11] 63rd Congress2015–20182015
Miguel Riggs Baeza [es][12] MC 64th Congress2018–20212018
Laura Contreras Duarte [es][13] 65th Congress2021–20242021
María Angélica Granados [es][2] 66th Congress2024–20272024

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