The 3rd 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 3rd district covers 194 precincts () in the southern portion of the municipality of Ensenada and the whole of the municipality of San Quintín.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Ensenada. The district reported a population of 408,150 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 It covered the southern section of the state of Baja California, with the coastal city of Ensenada representing a major population center. The 3rd district was the largest in the state.
1995–2005 Between 1996 and 2005, the district's territory was made up entirely by the municipalities of Ensenada, Tecate, and Playas de Rosarito. The link contains maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Baja California's 3rd district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature 1961Luis González OcampoQuintín Hurtado Olivares1961–19621962–196445th Congress1964Salvador Rosas Magallón1964–1967 46th Congress1967Celestino Salcedo Monteón1967–1970 47th Congress1970Alfonso Garzón Santibáñez1970–1973 48th Congress1973Celestino Salcedo Monteón1973–1976 49th Congress1976Alfonso Garzón Santibáñez1976–1979 50th Congress1979Luis Ayala García1979–1982 51st Congress1982José Luis Castro Verduzco1982–1985 52nd Congress1985Enrique Pelayo Torres1985–1988 53rd Congress1988Luis González Ruiz1988–1991 54th Congress1991Rogelio Appel Chacón1991–1994 55th Congress1994Daniel Quintero Peña1994–1997 56th Congress1997Francisco Vera González1997–2000 57th Congress2000Hugo Zepeda Barrelleza2000–2003 58th Congress2003Pablo Alejo López Núñez2003–2006 59th Congress2006Héctor Manuel Ramos Covarrubias2006–2009 60th Congress2009César Mancillas Amador2009–2012 61st Congress2012Gilberto Hirata2012–2015 62nd Congress2015Wenceslao Martínez Santos2015–2018 63rd Congress20182018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress20242024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Baja California's 3rd district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 62.92462024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 66.8119
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See also Federal electoral districts of Mexico