Third Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua

The Third Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua (III 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.

District Chih-III

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 Third District covers the eastern 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, the Third District covered a portion of the Ciudad Juárez urban area.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district
Parties
PAN
PRI
PRD
PT
PVEM
MC
PANAL
PSD

Results
2 July 2006 General Election: Third District of Chihuahua
Party or AllianceCandidateVotesPercentage
National Action PartyYCruz Pérez Cuéllar64,827
51.12 / 100
Alliance for Mexico
(PRI, PVEM)		Antonio Candelas Alvarado33,270
26.23 / 100
Coalition for the Good of All
(PRD, PT, Convergencia)		Juvicela Enríquez Romero16,766
13.23 / 100
New Alliance PartySergio Guillermo Armendariz Díaz6,855
5.41 / 100
Social Democratic and Peasant AlternativeBenjamín Quezada Martínez2,973
2.34 / 100
NUnregistered candidates193
0.15 / 100
NSpoilt papers1,927
1.52 / 100
Total126,821
100 / 100
Source: Instituto Federal Electoral.[4]

References
  1. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chihuahua" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
  2. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chihuahua" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
  3. Jáquez Provencio resigned his seat in Congress upon being elected Municipal President of Ciudad Juárez.
  4. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Chihuahua. Elección de Diputados por el principio de mayoría relativa". Archived from the original on 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2008-11-08.

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