Fifth federal electoral district of Coahuila

The fifth federal electoral district of Coahuila (Distrito electoral federal 05 de Coahuila) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of eight such districts in the state of Coahuila.

Federal electoral districts of Coahuila since 2022
Coahuila under the 2017–2022 districting plan

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.

The current 5th district was created as part of the 1977 political reforms and was first contested in the 1979 mid-term election.[1]

District territory

Under the 2022 districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections and which gave Coahuila an additional district,[2]the fifth district comprises the southern portion of the municipality of Torreón. The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Torreón.[3][4]

Previous districting schemes

2005–2017

Under the 2005 districting scheme, the district covered the municipalities ofMatamoros, Parras, Viesca and the southern half of the municipality of Torreón. The district's head town was the city of Torreón.[5]

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
Fifth federal electoral district of Coahuila
DeputyPartyLegislatureTermElection
Manuel Cepeda MedranoConstituent Congress
of Querétaro
1916–1917
Jacinto B. TreviñoPLC27th Congress1917–1918
Francisco L. Treviño [es]28th Congress1918–1920
Andrés Gutiérrez Castro 29th Congress1920–1922
Carlos Garza Castro [es]30th Congress1922–1924
Antonio Garza Castro 31st Congress
32nd Congress
33rd Congress
1924–1930
The fifth district was suspended in 1930.
It was re-established under the 1977 political reforms.
[1]
Conrado Martínez Ortiz 51st Congress1979–19821979
Óscar Ramírez Mijares 52nd Congress1982–19851982
Gaspar Valdés Valdés 53rd Congress1985–19881985
Ignacio Dávila Sánchez 54th Congress1988–19911988
Gaspar Valdez Valdez 55th Congress1991–19941991
Gerardo Ordaz Moreno 56th Congress1994–19971994
Braulio Manuel Fernández Aguirre 57th Congress1997–20001997
Néstor Villarreal Castro[6] 58th Congress2000–20032000
Eduardo Olmos Castro[7] 59th Congress2003–20062003
Carlos Augusto Bracho González[8] 60th Congress2006–20092006
Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís[9] 61st Congress2009–20122009
Salomón Juan Marcos Issa[10] 62nd Congress2012–20152012
Flor Estela Rentería Medina[11] 63rd Congress2015–20182015
Luis Fernando Salazar Fernández[12][a]
64th Congress2018–20212018
José Antonio Gutiérrez Jardón[14] 65th Congress2021–20242021
66th Congress2024–20272024

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