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Fourth federal electoral district of Chihuahua

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District Chih-IV

The Fourth Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua (IV 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, Chihuahua's Fourth District covers the southern portion of Ciudad 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

Almost exactly the same as the current configuration.[2]

1979–1996 district

As at present, between 1979 and 1996 the Fourth District covered a portion of the Ciudad Juárez urban area.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

Mexico National parties
Current
PAN
PRI
PT
PVEM
MC
Morena
Defunct or local only
PLM
PNR
PRM
PP
PPS
PARM
PFCRN
Convergencia
PANAL
PSD
PES
PRD

Results

2 July 2006 General Election: Fourth District of Chihuahua
Party or Alliance Candidate Votes Percentage
National Action Party María Antonieta Pérez Reyes 37,528
36.64 / 100
Alliance for Mexico
(PRI, PVEM)
Green tickY Víctor Valencia de los Santos 38,897
37.97 / 100
Coalition for the Good of All
(PRD, PT, Convergencia)
José de Jesús Barragán Sánchez 15,459
15.09 / 100
New Alliance Party Laurencio Gallegos Jiménez 5,481
5.35 / 100
Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Sandra Rivera Martínez 2,231
2.18 / 100
Red XN Unregistered candidates 437
0.43 / 100
Red XN Spoilt papers 2,402
2.34 / 100
Total 102,435
100 / 100
Source: Instituto Federal Electoral.[6]

References and notes

  1. ^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chihuahua" (PDF). Retrieved 9 November 2008.
  2. ^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chihuahua" (PDF). Retrieved 9 November 2008.
  3. ^ González Soto resigned his seat in Congress to serve as Comptroller of the Government of the Federal District.
  4. ^ Valencia de los Santos requested a leave of absence from Congress to seek the PRI's nomination for Municipal President of Ciudad Juárez; he retook his seat in Congress after failing to secure that candidacy.
  5. ^ Valencia de los Santos requested a second leave of absence to serve as the representative of the Chihuahua state government in Ciudad Juárez as of 1 July 2008. Senado de la República. "Gaceta del Senado. No. 18, Año 2008". Retrieved 2008-07-02.
  6. ^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Chihuahua. Elección de Diputados por el principio de mayoría relativa". Retrieved 2008-11-08.