Sixth federal electoral district of Durango

The sixth federal electoral district of Durango (Distrito electoral federal 06 de Durango) is a defunct Mexican electoral district. During its most recent existence, it returned one deputy to the Chamber of Deputies for each three-year legislative period 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 sixth district of Durango was dissolved in 1930. ^{[lower-alpha 1]} 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 in the 1996 redistricting process, when the state's population no longer warranted six districts. ^{[7] [8]} The restored sixth district was therefore first contested in the 1979 mid-terms and elected its last deputy in the 1994 general election.

District territory

During its 1977–1996 existence, the sixth 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 collated, was at the city of Lerdo. ^[9]

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
	PRD

Sixth federal electoral district of Durango

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1916  [ es ]	Alberto Terrones Benítez  [ es ] [10]		1916–1917	Constituent Congress of Querétaro
...
The sixth district was suspended between 1930 and 1977
1979	Práxedis Nevárez Zepeda [11]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Cirino Olvera Espinoza [12]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Joel Lleverino Reyes [13]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Lázaro Pasillas Rodríguez [14]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Jesús Molina Lozano [15]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	José Luis Fernando González Achem [16]		1994–1997	56th Congress

Notes

1. 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]

References

1. "How Mexico Elects Its Leaders — The Rules". Mexico Solidarity Project. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
2. "Circunscripciones" (PDF). ayuda.ine.mx. Instituto Nacional Electoral . Retrieved 20 July 2024.
3. "Diario Oficial de la Federación, 20 de agosto de 1928" (PDF). Diario Oficial de la Federación . 20 August 1928. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
4. "Artículo 52, reformas" (PDF). Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
5. Godoy, Luis. "Reelección en la Cámara de Diputados, 1917–1934" (PDF). Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
6. González Casanova, Pablo (1993). Las Elecciones en México: evolución y perspectivas (3 ed.). Siglo XXI. p. 219. ISBN   9789682313219 . Retrieved 31 July 2024.
7. "La redistritación electoral mexicana, 1996: Memoria". Instituto Federal Electoral. 1997. p. 45. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
8. "Distritación 1996 de Durango" (PDF). Instituto Federal Electoral. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
9. "Durango". División del Territorio de la República en 300 Distritos Electorales Uninominales para Elecciones Federales. Diario Oficial de la Federación. 29 May 1978. p. 23. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
10. "Alberto Terrones Benítez". Constitución de 1917: Multimedia. Secretaría de Cultura . Retrieved 21 August 2024.
11. "Legislatura 51" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados . Retrieved 31 July 2024.
12. "Legislatura 52" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados . Retrieved 31 July 2024.
13. "Legislatura 53" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados . Retrieved 31 July 2024.
14. "Legislatura 54" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados . Retrieved 31 July 2024.
15. "Legislatura 55" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados . Retrieved 31 July 2024.
16. "Legislatura 56" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados . Retrieved 31 July 2024.

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