6th federal electoral district of Durango
Defunct federal electoral district of Mexico
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The 6th federal electoral district of Durango (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 06 de Durango) was a federal electoral district of Mexico from 1916 to 1930 and again from 1977 to 1997. During its most recent existence, it returned one deputy to the Chamber of Deputies for each three-year legislative session by means of the first-past-the-post system. Votes cast in the district also counted towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the country's electoral regions.[1][2]
The original 6th district of Durango was dissolved in 1930.[a] It was re-established as part of the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300, with Durango's seat allocation rising from four to six.[6] It was dissolved again by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) in its 1996 redistricting process, when the state's population no longer warranted six districts.[7][8] The restored 6th district was therefore first contested in the 1979 mid-terms and elected its last deputy in the 1994 general election.
District territory
| 1974 | 1978 | 1996 | 2005 | 2017 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durango | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Chamber of Deputies | 196 | 300 | ||||
| Sources: [9][6][10][11] | ||||||
During its 1977–1996 existence, the 6th district covered the municipalities of El Oro, Hidalgo, Indé, Lerdo, Mapimí, Nazas, Ocampo, San Luis del Cordero and San Pedro del Gallo. Its head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations were gathered together and tallied, was at the city of Lerdo.[12]
Deputies returned to Congress
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| Election | Deputy | Party | Term | Legislature | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | Alberto Terrones Benítez[13][14] | 1916–1917 | Constituent Congress of Querétaro | ||
| ... | |||||
| 1924 | Alberto Terrones Benítez[15] | 1924–1926 | 31st Congress | ||
| 1926 | Jesús Salas Barraza[16] | 1926–1928 | 32nd Congress | ||
| 1928 | Jesús Salas Barraza[17] | 1928–1930 | 33rd Congress | ||
| The sixth district was suspended between 1930 and 1977 | |||||
| 1979 | Práxedis Nevárez Zepeda[18] |  |
1979–1982 | 51st Congress | |
| 1982 | Cirino Olvera Espinoza[19] | |
1982–1985 | 52nd Congress | |
| 1985 | Joel Lleverino Reyes[20] | |
1985–1988 | 53rd Congress | |
| 1988 | Lázaro Pasillas Rodríguez[21] | |
1988–1991 | 54th Congress | |
| 1991 | Jesús Molina Lozano[22] | |
1991–1994 | 55th Congress | |
| 1994 | José Luis Fernando González Achem[23] | |
1994–1997 | 56th Congress | |
Notes
- An amendment to Article 52 of the Constitution in 1928 changed the original provision of "one deputy per 60,000 inhabitants" to "one deputy per 100,000";[3][4] as a result, the size of the Chamber of Deputies fell from 281 in the 1928 election to 171 in 1934.[5]