The 1st federal electoral district of Chihuahua () 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 Chihuahua.
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, re-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 1st district covers 266 electoral precincts () in the northern part of the Ciudad Juárez urban area.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is Ciudad Juárez. The district reported a population of 377,938 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Chihuahua 6 10 9 9 9 9 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the district covered a portion of the Ciudad Juárez urban area.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 districting scheme, the district covered the municipalities of Ahumada, Ascensión, Guadalupe, Janos, Práxedis G. Guerrero and the southern part of the municipality of Juárez. The district's head town was the city of Ciudad Juárez. The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes.
1996–2005 Chihuahua lost its 10th district in the 1996 redistricting process. Between 1996 and 2005, the 1st district's territory was in the north and north-east of the state, covering the municipalities of Ahumada, Ascensión, Buenaventura, Casas Grandes, Galeana, Gómez Farías, Guadalupe, Ignacio Zaragoza, Janos, Madera, Matachí, Namiquipa, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Práxedis G. Guerrero and Temósachi; it was centred on the city of Nuevo Casas Grandes.
1979–1996 The districting scheme in force from 1978 to 1996 was the result of the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under that plan, Chihuahua's seat allocation rose from six to ten. The 1st district was located in the centre of the state and covered a portion of the state capital, the city of Chihuahua. The link provides a detailed description of the district's coverage within the city.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Chihuahua's 1st district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1961Manuel Bernardo Aguirre1961–196445th Congress1964Saúl González Herrera1964–196746th Congress1967Mariano Valenzuela Ceballos1967–197047th Congress1970Ramiro Salas Granado1970–197348th Congress1973Julio Cortázar Terrazas1973–197649th Congress1976Alberto Ramírez Gutiérrez1976–197950th Congress1979Margarita Moreno Mena1979–198251st Congress1982Miguel Ángel Acosta Ramos1982–198552nd Congress1985Eduardo Turati Álvarez1985–198853rd Congress1988David Gómez Reyes1988–199154th Congress1991Fernando Rodríguez Cerna1991–199455th Congress1994Manuel Russek Valles1994–199756th Congress1997Jeffrey Jones1997–200057th Congress2000Hortencia Enríquez Ortega2000–200358th Congress2003José Mario Wong Pérez2003–200659th Congress2006Enrique Serrano Escobar2006–200960th Congress2009Jaime Flores Castañeda2009–201261st Congress2012Adriana Fuentes Téllez2012–201562nd Congress2015Fernando Uriarte Zazueta2015–201863rd Congress20182018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress2024 2024–202766th Congress
Congressional results The corresponding page on the Spanish-language Wikipedia contains full electoral results from 1964 to date. 2 July 2006 general election: First district of Chihuahua Party or Alliance Candidate Votes Percentage National Action Party Juan Ramón Chacón Rojo 39,391 Alliance for Mexico(PRI, PVEM) Enrique Serrano Escobar 45,482 Coalition for the Good of All(PRD, PT, Convergencia) Eleazar Reyes Salazar 20,062 New Alliance Party José Antonio Reyes Cortez 8,023 Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Claudia Silvia Alvarado Carmona 3,108 Unregistered candidates 272 Spoilt papers 2,451 Total 131,195 Source: IFE.
Presidential elections + Chihuahua's 1st district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 60.53652024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 74.6068
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