Federal Electoral Districts of Mexico
- Federal Electoral Districts of Mexico
The Federal Electoral Districts of Mexico (Spanish: "Distritos Electorales Federales") are the 300 constituencies or electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of federal elections. Each district returns one Federal Deputy, who sits in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Federal Congress. An additional 200 deputies are elected by proportional representation.
Electoral districts are identified by roman numerals and by federal entity (state or the Federal District). The number of electoral districts was set at 300 in 1979, when the number of districts in the Chamber of Deputies was increased from 196. The demarcation of the districts depends on the results of the previous electoral census, and adjustments to the 1979 districts were made in 1996 and 2005. Irrespective of population, no state may be represented by fewer than two electoral districts.
On 11 February 2005, the Federal Electoral Institute established the districts to be used in the 2006 general election and the 2009 mid-term election, in accordance with the following criteria:
*Each district to belong to only one federal entity.
*Balanced distribution of population between districts.
*Presence of indigenous populations.
*Geographical continuity.
*Journey times.
Under this scheme, the current electoral districts are the following:
Electoral districts
The numbers indicate the number of districts in each federal entity for the 2006 and 2009 elections.
Aguascalientes
Campeche
Coahuila
Durango
= Hidalgo =
Michoacán
Nuevo León
Querétaro
Sinaloa
Tamaulipas
Yucatán
Zacatecas
See also
*Federal Electoral Institute
*Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
*Elections in Mexico
External links
* [http://www.ife.org.mx/portal/site/ife/menuitem.6b00558db1fb40b8fd0f407d100000f7/ Electoral Districts] (Instituto Federal Electoral)
* [http://pac.ife.org.mx/notas/00/pac_nota_redistritacion.html 2004 district allocation agreement] (Instituto Federal Electoral)
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