The 3rd federal electoral district of Aguascalientes () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of three such districts in the state of Aguascalientes.
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.
The 3rd district was re-established as part of the 1996 redistricting process and has returned deputies to Congress since the 1997 mid-term election. The current member for the district, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is Paulo Gonzalo Martínez López of the National Action Party (PAN).
District territory Under the 2023 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the 3rd district covers 292 electoral precincts () in the south of the municipality of Aguascalientes.
The district's head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Aguascalientes, Ags. The district reported a population of 470,584 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Aguascalientes 2 2 3 3 3 3 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
2017–2022 In the 2017 scheme, the 2nd district covered 260 precincts in the south of the municipality of Aguascalientes.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 redistricting process, it was made up of 217 precincts in the western portion of the municipality of Aguascalientes.
1996–2005 Aguascalientes gained its third congressional seat in 1996. The new district covered 173 precincts in the south of the municipality of Aguascalientes. The link contains maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Aguascalientes's 3rd district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature The third district was suspended between 1902 and 19961997Fernando Gómez Esparza1997–200057th Congress2000 2000–200358th Congress2003Jaime del Conde Ugarte2003–200659th Congress2006Alma Hilda Medina Macías2006–200960th Congress2009Raúl Cuadra García2009–201261st Congress2012José Ángel González Serna2012–201562nd Congress2015Jorge López Martín2015–201863rd Congress2018Martha Elisa González Estrada2018–202164th Congress2021Paulo Gonzalo Martínez López2021–202465th Congress2024Paulo Gonzalo Martínez López2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Aguascalientes's 3rd district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Ricardo Anaya Cortés Por México al Frente37.89402024Bertha Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz Fuerza y Corazón por México53.8246
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