7th federal electoral district of Coahuila
Federal electoral district of Mexico
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The 7th federal electoral district of Coahuila (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 07 de Coahuila) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of eight such districts in the state of Coahuila.[1]
| Coahuila's 7th | |
|---|---|
Chamber of Deputies of Mexico | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Member | Antonio Lorenzo Castro Villarreal |
| Party | ▌Morena |
| Congress | 66th (2024–2027) |
| District | |
| State | Coahuila |
| Head town | Saltillo |
| Coordinates | 25°25′N 100°59′W |
| Covers | Municipality of Saltillo (part) |
| PR region | Second |
| Precincts | 223 |
| Population | 441,607 (2020 Census) |
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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 second region.[2][3]
Suspended in 1930,[a] the 7th district was re-established as part of the 1977 political reforms and was first contested in the 1979 mid-term election.[7]
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Antonio Lorenzo Castro Villarreal of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).[8][9]
District territory
In its 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the National Electoral Institute (INE) assigned Coahuila an additional district.[10] The reconfigured 7th district covers 223 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) in the more rural portion of the municipality of Saltillo.[11][12][b]
The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Saltillo. The district reported a population of 441,607 in the 2020 Census.[1]
Previous districting schemes
| 1974 | 1978 | 1996 | 2005 | 2017 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coahuila | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Chamber of Deputies | 196 | 300 | ||||
| Sources: [1][13][7][14] | ||||||
2017–2022
- Between 2017 and 2022, the district covered 220 precincts in the municipality of Saltillo and the municipalities of General Cepeda and Parras in their entirety. The head town was at Saltillo.[14][15]
2005–2017
- Under the 2005 districting scheme, the district covered 171 precincts in the west of the municipality of Saltillo. The head town was at Saltillo.[16][17]
1996–2005
- Under the 1996 scheme, the district covered the south-west portion of the city of Saltillo and the southern part of its municipality. Saltillo was the head town.[18][17]
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, Coahuila's seat allocation rose from 4 to 7.[13] The 7th district had its head town at San Pedro de las Colonias and it comprised the municipalities of Cuatrociénegas, Lamadrid, Múzquiz, Ocampo, Sacramento, San Juan de Sabinas, San Pedro and Sierra Mojada.[19]
Deputies returned to Congress
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| Election | Deputy | Party | Term | Legislature |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | Elpidio Barrera[20] | 1922–1924 | 30th Congress | |
| 1924 | Vacant | 1924–1926 | 31st Congress | |
| 1926 | Francisco De Valle[21] | 1926–1928 | 32nd Congress | |
| 1928 | Adolfo Mondragón Bouckhardt[22] | 1928–1930 | 33rd Congress | |
| The seventh district was suspended from 1930 to 1979 | ||||
| 1979 | Lorenzo García Zárate[23] |  |
1979–1982 | 51st Congress |
| 1982 | Juan Antonio García Guerrero[24] | |
1982–1985 | 52nd Congress |
| 1985 | Gonzalo Padilla Fuentes[25] | |
1985–1988 | 53rd Congress |
| 1988 | Noé Fernando Garza Flores[26] | |
1988–1991 | 54th Congress |
| 1991 | Javier Guerrero García[27] | |
1991–1994 | 55th Congress |
| 1994 | José Luis Flores Méndez[28] | |
1994–1997 | 56th Congress |
| 1997 | Enrique Martínez y Martínez[29] Pilar Cabrera Hernández |
|
1997–1999 1999–2000 |
57th Congress |
| 2000 | Miguel Arizpe Jiménez[30] | |
2000–2003 | 58th Congress |
| 2003 | Fernando de las Fuentes[31][c] Aldo Martínez Hernández[32] |
|
2003–2005 2005–2006 |
59th Congress |
| 2006 | Óscar Mohamar Dainitín[33] |  |
2006–2009 | 60th Congress |
| 2009 | Héctor Franco López[34] Lily Fabiola de la Rosa Cortés[35] |
|
2009–2011 2011–2012 |
61st Congress |
| 2012 | Esther Quintana Salinas[36] | |
2012–2015 | 62nd Congress |
| 2015 | Jericó Abramo Masso[37] Mario Alberto Mata Quintero |
|
2015–2017 2018 |
63rd Congress |
| 2018[38] | Fernando de las Fuentes Hernández[39] Sergio Armando Sisbeles Alvarado |
|
2018–2021 2021 |
64th Congress |
| 2021[40] | Jaime Bueno Zertuche[41] | |
2021–2024 | 65th Congress |
| 2024[8] | Antonio Lorenzo Castro Villarreal[9] |  |
2024–2027 | 66th Congress |
Presidential elections
| Election | District won by | Party or coalition | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018[42] | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |   Juntos Haremos Historia |
41.5028 |
| 2024[43] | Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo |  Sigamos Haciendo Historia |
55.5071 |
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";[4][5] as a result, the size of the Chamber of Deputies fell from 281 in the 1928 election to 171 in 1934.[6]
- The 4th district covers the remainder of the municipality.
- De las Fuentes resigned his seat on 18 July 2005.