Seventh Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua
The Seventh Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua (VII 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, the district covers the municipalities of Bachíniva, Buenaventura, Casas Grandes, Cuauhtémoc, Galeana, Gómez Farías, Guerrero, Ignacio Zaragoza, Madera, Matachí, Moris, Namiquipa, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Ocampo, Riva Palacio and Temósachi.[1]
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua.
Previous districting schemes
1996–2005 district
Between 1996 and 2005, Chihuahua's Seventh District was located in the centre-west portion of the state and comprised mostly municipalities of the Sierra Tarahumara region: Bachíniva, Batopilas, Bocoyna, Carichí, Chínipas, Cuauhtémoc, Cusihuiriachi, Dr. Belisario Domínguez, Gran Morelos, Guazapares, Guerrero, Maguarichi, Moris, Nonoava, Ocampo, Riva Palacio, San Francisco de Borja, Santa Isabel, Satevó, Uruachi and Urique.[2]
1979–1996 district
Between 1979 and 1996, the Seventh District comprised the southern portion of the state capital, Chihuahua, Chih.
Deputies returned to Congress from this district
 Parties | |
|---|---|
.svg.png){kind=small} | PAN |
.svg.png){kind=small} | PRI |
.svg.png){kind=logo} | PRD |
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 | MC |
.svg.png){kind=small} | PANAL |
| PSD | |
- LI Legislature
- 1979–1982: Demetrio Bernardo Franco Derma (PRI)
- LII Legislature
- 1982–1985: Juan Manuel Terrazas Sánchez (PRI)
- LIII Legislature
- 1985–1988: Jorge Doroteo Zapata (PRI)
- LIV Legislature
- 1988–1991: Carlos Barranco Fuentes (PRI)
- LV Legislature
- 1991–1994: Eloy Gómez Pando (PRI)
- LVI Legislature
- 1994–1997: Mario de la Torre Hernández (PRI)
- LVII Legislature
- 1997–2000: Odórico Vázquez Bernal (PRI)
- LVIII Legislature
- 2000–2003: Jorge Esteban Sandoval (PRI)
- LIX Legislature
- 2003–2006: Jorge Castillo Cabrera (PRI)
- LX Legislature
- 2006–2009: Israel Beltrán Montes (PRI)
Results
| 2 July 2006 General Election: Seventh District of Chihuahua | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party or Alliance | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| National Action Party | Jeffrey Jones | 36,863 | 28.10 / 100 | ||
| Alliance for Mexico (PRI, PVEM) |  | Israel Beltrán Montes | 56,327 | 42.93 / 100 | |
| Coalition for the Good of All (PRD, PT, Convergencia) | Víctor Quintana Silveyra | 27.782 | 21.18 / 100 | ||
| New Alliance Party | Austreberta Bustamante Grajeda | 6,855 | 3.72 / 100 | ||
| Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative | Ramiro Encontrías Ontiveros | 1,100 | 0.84 / 100 | ||
 | Unregistered candidates | 137 | 0.10 / 100 | ||
| | Spoilt papers | 4,113 | 3.13 / 100 | ||
| Total | 131,195 | 100 / 100 | |||
| Source: Instituto Federal Electoral.[3] | |||||
References
- ↑ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chihuahua" (PDF). Retrieved 9 November 2008.
- ↑ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chihuahua" (PDF). Retrieved 9 November 2008.
- ↑ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Chihuahua. Elección de Diputados por el principio de mayoría relativa". Retrieved 9 November 2008.