7th federal electoral district of Baja California

Baja California's 7th
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
Incumbent
Member	José Armando Fernández Samaniego
Party	▌ Morena
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	Baja California
Head town	Mexicali
Coordinates	32°39′N115°28′W / 32.650°N 115.467°W / 32.650; -115.467
Covers	Mexicali (part), Ensenada (part)
Region	First
Precincts	152
Population	408,704

Baja California under the 2017–2022 districting scheme

Baja California's districts between 2005 and 2017

The 7th federal electoral district of Baja California (Spanish : Distrito electoral federal 07 de Baja California) 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 Baja California. ^[1]

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 7th district was created by the Federal Electoral Institute's 2005 redistricting process and was first contested in the 2006 general election. ^[4] The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is José Armando Fernández Samaniego of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). ^{[5] [6]}

District territory

In its 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the National Electoral Institute increased Baja California's seat allocation from eight to nine . ^[7] The 7th district covers 152 precincts (secciones electorales) in the municipality of Mexicali and 51 precincts in the municipality of Ensenada. ^[8]

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Mexicali. The district reported a population of 408,704 in the 2020 Census. ^[1]

Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers

	1974	1978	1996	2005	2017	2022
Baja California	3	6	6	8	8	9
Chamber of Deputies	196	300
Sources: [9] [4] [10] [1]

2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022, the 7th district covered portions of the municipalities of Ensenada (13 precincts), Mexicali (80 precincts), Tecate (41 precincts) and Playas de Rosarito (27 precincts). The head town was at Mexicali. ^{[10] [11]}

2005–2017

From 2005 to 2017, the newly created district comprised the municipality of Tecate, together with portions of the municipalities of Mexicali and Ensenada. The head town was at Mexicali. ^{[12] [13]}

Deputies returned to Congress

National parties
Current
	PAN
	PRI
	PT
	PVEM
	MC
	Morena
Defunct or local only
	PLM
	PNR
	PRM
	PP
	PPS
	PARM
	PFCRN
	Convergencia
	PANAL
	PSD
	PES
	PES
	PRD

Seventh federal electoral district of Baja California

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
2006	Francisco Javier Paredes Rodríguez [14]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	José Luis Ovando Patrón [15]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	David Pérez Tejada Padilla [16]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	María del Rosario Rodríguez Rubio  [ es ] [17]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018	Érik Isaac Morales Elvira [18]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021	Juan Isaías Bertín Sandoval  [ es ] [19] [a]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024 [5]	José Armando Fernández Samaniego [6]		2024–2027	66th Congress

Presidential elections

Seventh federal electoral district of Baja California

Election	District won by	Party or coalition	%
2018 [20]	Andrés Manuel López Obrador		63.5280
2024 [21]	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo		67.7840

Notes

1. Bertín Sandoval was originally elected for Morena, but switched allegiance between them and the PT on several occasions during his term.

References

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2. "How Mexico Elects Its Leaders – The Rules". Mexico Solidarity Project. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
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7. De la Rosa, Yared (20 February 2023). "Nueva distritación electoral le quita diputados a la CDMX y le agrega a Nuevo León". Forbes México. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
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11. "Descriptivo de la distritacion federal: Baja California" (PDF). Cartografía. INE. March 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
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