Fourth Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua
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
 Parties | |
|---|---|
.svg.png){kind=small} | PAN |
.svg.png){kind=small} | PRI |
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 | MC |
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| PSD | |
- XLVIII Legislature
- 1970–1971: Armando González Soto (PRI)[3]
- 1971–1973: Antonio Barrio Mendoza (PRI)
- XLIX Legislature
- 1973–1976:
- L Legislature
- 1976–1979: Juan Ernesto Madera Prieto (PRI)
- LI Legislature
- 1979–1982: Miguel Lerma Candelaria (PRI)
- LII Legislature
- 1982–1985: Francisco Rodríguez Pérez (PRI)
- LIII Legislature
- 1985–1988: Oscar Luis Rivas Muñoz (PAN)
- LIV Legislature
- 1988–1991: Santiago Rodríguez del Valle (PAN)
- LV Legislature
- 1991–1994: Oscar Nieto Burciaga (PRI)
- LVI Legislature
- 1994–1997: Miguel Lucero Palma (PRI)
- LVII Legislature
- 1997–2000: Carlos Camacho Alcázar (PAN)
- LVIII Legislature
- 2000–2003: Arturo Meza de la Rosa (PAN)
- LIX Legislature
- 2003–2006: Miguel Lucero Palma (PRI)
- LX Legislature
- 2006–2007: Víctor Valencia de los Santos (PRI)
- 2007: Octavio Fuentes Téllez (PRI)[4]
- 2007–2008: Víctor Valencia de los Santos (PRI)
- 2008–2009: Octavio Fuentes Téllez (PRI)[5]
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) |  | 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 | ||
 | Unregistered candidates | 437 | 0.43 / 100 | ||
| | Spoilt papers | 2,402 | 2.34 / 100 | ||
| Total | 102,435 | 100 / 100 | |||
| Source: Instituto Federal Electoral.[6] | |||||
References and notes
- ↑ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chihuahua" (PDF). Retrieved 9 November 2008.
- ↑ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chihuahua" (PDF). Retrieved 9 November 2008.
- ↑ González Soto resigned his seat in Congress to serve as Comptroller of the Government of the Federal District.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Chihuahua. Elección de Diputados por el principio de mayoría relativa". Retrieved 2008-11-08.