Seventh Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua

The Seventh Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua (VII Distrito Electoral Federal de Chihuahua) is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of nine such districts in the state of Chihuahua.

District Chih-VII

It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative period, by means of the first past the post system.

District territory

Under the 2005 districting scheme, the district covers the municipalities of Bachíniva, Buenaventura, Casas Grandes, Cuauhtémoc, Galeana, Gómez Farías, Guerrero, Ignacio Zaragoza, Madera, Matachí, Moris, Namiquipa, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Ocampo, Riva Palacio and Temósachi.[1]

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua.

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, Chihuahua's Seventh District was located in the centre-west portion of the state and comprised mostly municipalities of the Sierra Tarahumara region: Bachíniva, Batopilas, Bocoyna, Carichí, Chínipas, Cuauhtémoc, Cusihuiriachi, Dr. Belisario Domínguez, Gran Morelos, Guazapares, Guerrero, Maguarichi, Moris, Nonoava, Ocampo, Riva Palacio, San Francisco de Borja, Santa Isabel, Satevó, Uruachi and Urique.[2]

1979–1996 district

Between 1979 and 1996, the Seventh District comprised the southern portion of the state capital, Chihuahua, Chih.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district
Parties
PAN
PRI
PRD
PT
PVEM
MC
PANAL
PSD

Results
2 July 2006 General Election: Seventh District of Chihuahua
Party or AllianceCandidateVotesPercentage
National Action PartyJeffrey Jones36,863
28.10 / 100
Alliance for Mexico
(PRI, PVEM)		YIsrael Beltrán Montes56,327
42.93 / 100
Coalition for the Good of All
(PRD, PT, Convergencia)		Víctor Quintana Silveyra27.782
21.18 / 100
New Alliance PartyAustreberta Bustamante Grajeda6,855
3.72 / 100
Social Democratic and Peasant AlternativeRamiro Encontrías Ontiveros1,100
0.84 / 100
NUnregistered candidates137
0.10 / 100
NSpoilt papers4,113
3.13 / 100
Total131,195
100 / 100
Source: Instituto Federal Electoral.[3]

References
  1. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chihuahua" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
  2. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chihuahua" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
  3. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Chihuahua. Elección de Diputados por el principio de mayoría relativa". Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.

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