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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.
Contents
- District territory
- 19962005 district
- 19791996 district
- Deputies returned to Congress from this district
- References
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.
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Ciudad Juárez.
1996–2005 district
Almost exactly the same as the current configuration.
1979–1996 district
As at present, the Third District covered a portion of the Ciudad Juárez urban area.