The 2nd 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 Nancy Guadalupe Sánchez Arredondo 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 second district covers 229 precincts () in the western 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 400,856 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, Baja California's 2nd district was made of the northeast portion of the municipality of Mexicali, including the eastern section of the homonymous city and other cities in the Mexicali Valley such as Los Algodones. The district's head town was the city of Mexicali.
1996–2005 Between 1996 and 2005, the district corresponded to the western portion of the city of Mexicali and was, at that time, the smallest of the state's electoral districts in terms of geographical area. The link contains maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Baja California's 2nd district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1976 Alfonso Ballesteros Pelayo 1976–1979 50th Congress 1979 Juan Villalpando Cuevas 1979–1982 51st Congress 1982 Martiníano Valdez Escobedo 1982–1985 52nd Congress 1985 Rafael Sainz Moreno 1985–1988 53rd Congress 1988 Bernardo Sánchez Ríos 1988–1991 54th Congress 1991 José González Reyes 1991–1994 55th Congress 1994 Francisco Domínguez García 1994–1997 56th Congress 1997 José Ricardo Fernández Candia 1997–2000 57th Congress 2000 Alfonso Sánchez Rodríguez 2000–2003 58th Congress 2003 Norberto Corella Torres 2003–2006 59th Congress 2006 Dolores Manuell-Gómez Angulo 2006–2009 60th Congress 2009 Francisco Javier Orduño Valdez 2009–2012 61st Congress 2012 María Fernanda Schroeder Verdugo2012–2015 62nd Congress 2015 Luz Argelia Paniagua Figueroa 2015–2018 63rd Congress 2018 Marina del Pilar Ávila OlmedaMartha Lizeth Noriega Galaz2018–20192019–2021 64th Congress 2021 Julieta Ramírez Padilla 2021–2024 65th Congress 2024Nancy Guadalupe Sánchez Arredondo2024–2027 66th Congress
Presidential elections + Baja California's 2nd district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 55.41342024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 60.6785
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