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5th federal electoral district of Chihuahua

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The 5th federal electoral district of Chihuahua (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 05 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]

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Chihuahua's 5th
Electoral district of the
Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
Chihuahua's 5th district since 2022
Incumbent
MemberJuan Antonio Meléndez Ortega
Party▌Institutional Revolutionary Party
Congress66th (2024–2027)
District
StateChihuahua
Head townDelicias
Coordinates28°6′N 106°0′W
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PR regionFirst
Precincts351
Population421,054 (2020 census)
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5th district in 2017–2022
5th district in 2005–2017

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, elected in the 2024 general election, is Juan Antonio Meléndez Ortega of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[4][5]

District territory

Under the 2022 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,[6] the district covers 351 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across 14 municipalities in the east of the state:[7][8]

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Delicias. The district reported a population of 421,054 in the 2020 census.[1]

Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers
197419781996200520172023
Chihuahua 6109999
Chamber of Deputies 196300
Sources: [1][9][10][11]
2017–2022
Between 2017 and 2022 the 5th district comprised the same municipalities as in the 2022 plan, with its head town at Delicias.[12][13]
2005–2017
Under the 2005 districting scheme, the 5th district was located in the east of the state, but its configuration was slightly different. It covered the municipalities of Aldama, Allende, Aquiles Serdán, Camargo, Coronado, Coyame del Sotol, Delicias, Jiménez, Julimes, La Cruz, López, Manuel Benavides, Meoqui, Ojinaga, Rosales, San Francisco de Conchos and Saucillo. The head town was the city of Delicias.[14][15]
1996–2005
Chihuahua lost its 10th district in the 1996 redistricting process. Under the 1996 scheme, the 5th district was located in the same region of the state as in later plans, with a slightly different configuration. It covered the municipalities of Aldama, Aquiles Serdán, Camargo, Coyame del Sotol, Delicias, Julimes, La Cruz, Manuel Benavides, Meoqui, Ojinaga, Rosales, San Francisco de Conchos and Saucillo.[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] The 5th district was located in the west of the state, covering a large area of the Sierra Madre Occidental. It was centred on the city of Vicente Guerrero and comprised the municipalities of Bachíniva, Bocoyna, Carichí, Chínipas, Gómez Farías, Guazapares, Guerrero, Maguarichi, Matachí, Moris, Namiquipa, Ocampo, Temósachi and Uruachi.[17]

Deputies returned to Congress

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Chihuahua's 5th district
ElectionDeputyPartyTermLegislature
1976 Artemio Iglesias [es][18] 1976–1979 50th Congress
1979 Enrique Pérez González[19] 1979–1982 51st Congress
1982 Samuel Díaz Olguín[20] 1982–1985 52nd Congress
1985 Alonso Aguirre Ramos [es][21] 1985–1988 53rd Congress
1988 Jorge Esteban Sandoval[22] 1988–1991 54th Congress
1991 Pablo Israel Esparza Natividad [es][23] 1991–1994 55th Congress
1994 Saúl González Herrera[24] 1994–1997 56th Congress
1997 Ignacio Arrieta Aragón[25] 1997–2000 57th Congress
2000 César Reyes Roel[26] 2000–2003 58th Congress
2003 Fernando Álvarez Monje[27] 2003–2006 59th Congress
2006 Felipe González Ruiz[28] 2006–2009 60th Congress
2009 Guillermo Márquez Lizalde[29] 2009–2012 61st Congress
2012 Abraham Montes Alvarado[30] 2012–2015 62nd Congress
2015 Juan Antonio Meléndez Ortega[31] 2015–2018 63rd Congress
2018[32] Mario Mata Carrasco [es][33] 2018–2021 64th Congress
2021[34] Mario Mata Carrasco [es][35]
Salvador Alcántar Ortega[36]
2021–2022
2022–2023
65th Congress
2024[4] Juan Antonio Meléndez Ortega[5] 2024–2027 66th Congress
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Congressional results

The corresponding page on the Spanish-language Wikipedia contains full electoral results from 1964 to 2021.

Presidential elections

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ElectionDistrict won byParty or coalition%
2018[37] Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Juntos Haremos Historia
42.2148
2024[38] Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
Sigamos Haciendo Historia
45.2436
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