The 1st federal electoral district of 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.
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.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
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 first district covers 203 precincts () in the eastern urban portion of the municipality of Mexicali.
The head town (), 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 393,457 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Baja California 3 6 6 8 8 9 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
2005–2017 Under the 2005 redistricting process, it was made up of the municipality of Mexicali, with the exception of its extreme northwest (where the state's 3rd district was located) and its extreme northeast (which corresponded to the 2nd district). The district's head town was the city of Mexicali.
1996–2005 Between 1996 and 2005, this electoral district covered the whole of the municipality of Mexicali, except for a small pocket in the east of the city of Mexicali, which was part of the 2nd district. The link contains maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Baja California's 1st district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1976Ricardo Eguía Valderrama1976–197950th Congress1979José Luis Andrade Ibarra1979–198251st Congress1982 José Ignacio Monge Rangel1982–198552nd Congress1985Luis I. López Moctezuma y Torres1985–198853rd Congress1988Jesús Armando Hernández Montaño1988–199154th Congress1991José Ramírez Román1991–199455th Congress1994Martina Montenegro Espinoza1994–199756th Congress1997Roberto Pérez de Alva1997–200057th Congress2000Juvenal Vidrio Rodríguez2000–200358th Congress2003Hidalgo Contreras Covarrubias2003–200659th Congress2006Francisco Rueda Gómez2006–200960th Congress2009Sergio Tolento Hernández2009–201261st Congress2012Benjamín Castillo Valdez2012–201562nd Congress2015Exaltación González Ceceña2015–201863rd Congress2018Jesús Salvador Minor Mora2018–202164th Congress 2021Yesenia Olúa González 2021–202465th Congress20242024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Baja California's 1st district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 61.06772024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 54.9470
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