2nd federal electoral district of Chihuahua
Federal electoral district of Mexico
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The 2nd federal electoral district of Chihuahua (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 02 de Chihuahua) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of nine such districts in the state of Chihuahua.[1]
| Chihuahua's 2nd | |
|---|---|
Chamber of Deputies of Mexico | |
Chihuahua's 2nd district since 2022 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Member | Maité Vargas Meraz |
| Party | ▌Morena |
| Congress | 66th (2024–2027) |
| District | |
| State | Chihuahua |
| Head town | Ciudad Juárez |
| Coordinates | 31°44′N 106°29′W |
| Covers | Ahumada, Guadalupe, Juárez (part), Práxedis G. Guerrero |
| PR region | First |
| Precincts | 307 |
| Population | 400,026 (2020 census) |


It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative session by means of the first-past-the-post system. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the first region.[2][3]
The current member for the district, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is Teresita de Jesús Vargas Meraz of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).[4][5]
District territory
Under the 2023 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,[6] the 2nd district covers the south of Ciudad Juárez and the adjacent municipalities of Ahumada, Guadalupe and Práxedis G. Guerrero, for a total of 307 electoral precincts (secciones electorales).[7][8][a]
The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Ciudad Juárez. The district reported a population of 400,026 in the 2020 census.[1]
Previous districting schemes
| 1974 | 1978 | 1996 | 2005 | 2017 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chihuahua | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Chamber of Deputies | 196 | 300 | ||||
| Sources: [1][9][10][11] | ||||||
2017–2022
- Between 2017 and 2022 the district comprised the municipalities of Ahumada, Ascensión, Buenaventura, Casas Grandes, Galeana, Guadalupe, Ignacio Zaragoza, Janos, Nuevo Casas Grandes and Práxedis G. Guerrero, together with the south of the municipality of Juárez and the southern portion of Ciudad Juárez.[12][13]
2005–2017
- Under the 2005 districting scheme, the 2nd district covered the western portion of Ciudad Juárez and of the surrounding municipality of Juárez.The head town was Ciudad Juárez.[14][15]
1996–2005
- Chihuahua lost its 10th district in the 1996 redistricting process. The 2nd district was relocated to the north of the state, with almost exactly the same configuration as in 2005–2017 plan.[16][15]
1978–1996
- The districting scheme in force from 1978 to 1996 was the result of the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under that plan, Chihuahua's seat allocation rose from six to ten.[9] Between 1979 and 1996, the 2nd district was located in the south of the state, centred on the city of Hidalgo del Parral,[17] an area covered by the 9th district under the 2023 scheme.[8]
Deputies returned to Congress
| Election | Deputy | Party | Term | Legislature | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | Manuel M. Prieto[18][19] | 1916–1917 | Constituent Congress of Querétaro | ||
| ... | |||||
| 1964 | Florentina Villalobos Chaparro[20][b] | 1964–1967 | 46th Congress | ||
| 1967 | Pablo Picharra Esparza[22] | 1967–1970 | 47th Congress | ||
| 1970 | Diamantina Reyes Esparza[23] | 1970–1973 | 48th Congress | ||
| 1973 | Luis Parra Orozco[24] | 1973–1976 | 49th Congress | ||
| 1976 | Oswaldo Rodríguez González[25] | 1976–1979 | 50th Congress | ||
| 1979 | Jesús Chávez Baeza[26] | 1979–1982 | 51st Congress | ||
| 1982 | Alfonso Cereceros Peña[27] | 1982–1985 | 52nd Congress | ||
| 1985 | Jacinto Gómez Pasillas[28] | 1985–1988 | 53rd Congress | ||
| 1988 | Rafael Chávez Rodríguez[29] | 1988–1991 | 54th Congress | ||
| 1991 | Edmundo Chacón Rodríguez[30] | 1991–1994 | 55th Congress | ||
| 1994 | Alfredo Amaya Medina[31] | 1994–1997 | 56th Congress | ||
| 1997 | Adalberto Balderrama[32] | 1997–2000 | 57th Congress | ||
| 2000 | David Rodríguez Torres[33] | 2000–2003 | 58th Congress | ||
| 2003 | Nora Yú Hernández[34] | 2003–2006 | 59th Congress | ||
| 2006 | Lilia Merodio Reza[35] | 2006–2009 | 60th Congress | ||
| 2009 | Héctor Murguía Lardizábal[36][c] Georgina Zapata Lucero[37] |
2009–2010 2010–2012 |
61st Congress | ||
| 2012 | Ignacio Duarte Murillo[38] | 2012–2015 | 62nd Congress | ||
| 2015 | Georgina Zapata Lucero[39] | 2015–2018 | 63rd Congress | ||
| 2018[40] | Maité Vargas Meraz[41] | 2018–2021 | 64th Congress | ||
| 2021[42] | Maité Vargas Meraz[43] | 2021–2024 | 65th Congress | ||
| 2024[4] | Maité Vargas Meraz[5] | 2024–2027 | 66th Congress | ||
Congressional results
The corresponding page on the Spanish-language Wikipedia contains full electoral results from 1964 to 2021.
Presidential elections
| Election | District won by | Party or coalition | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018[44] | Andrés Manuel López Obrador | Juntos Haremos Historia |
52.1247 |
| 2024[45] | Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo | Sigamos Haciendo Historia |
81.4016 |
Notes
- The remainder of the municipality of Juárez is assigned to the 1st, 3rd and 4th districts.
- Murguía Lardizábal resigned his seat on 9 March 2010.
