The 1st federal electoral district of Durango () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of four such districts in the state of Durango.
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 1st district covers 395 electoral precincts () across 11 municipalities in the west and south of the state: Durango (106 precincts in the municipality's rural west), Canelas, Guanaceví, Mezquital, Otáez, Pueblo Nuevo, San Dimas, Santiago Papasquiaro, Tamazula, Tepehuanes and Topia.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, Victoria de Durango. The district reported a population of 459,351 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Durango 4 6 5 4 4 4 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the 1st district's head town was at Victoria de Durango and it covered 12 municipalities: Durango (100 precincts in the west), Canelas, Mezquital, Otáez, Pueblo Nuevo, San Dimas, Santiago Papasquiaro, Tamazula, Tepehuanes and Topia, as in the 2023 plan, but with Súchil and Vicente Guerrero replacing Guanaceví.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, Durango's single-member district count fell from five to four. This district's head town was at Victoria de Durango and it covered 12 municipalities: The link contains maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. Durango (92 precincts in the west), Canelas, Guanaceví, Mezquital, Otáez, Pueblo Nuevo, San Dimas, Santiago Papasquiaro, Súchil, Tamazula, Tepehuanes and Topia.
1996–2005 In the 1996 scheme, Durango's seats were reduced from six to five. The 1st district had its head town at Santiago Papasquiaro and it comprised 14 municipalities in the north and west of the state: Canatlán, Canelas, Guanaceví, Indé, Nuevo Ideal, Ocampo, El Oro, Otáez, San Bernardo, San Dimas, Santiago Papasquiaro, Tamazula, Tepehuanes and Topia.
1978–1996 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, Durango's seat allocation rose from four to six. The reconfigured 1st district's head town was at Victoria de Durango and it covered a part of that city. The link contains a detailed description of the area covered.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Durango's 1st district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureSilvestre Dorador1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro1917Manuel Vargas1917–191827th Congress1918José Ignacio Mena1918–192028th Congress1920Ignacio Borrego1920–192229th CongressMariano Castillo Nájera1922–192430th Congress1924Alejandro Antuna1924–192631st Congress1926Silvestre Dorador1926–192832nd Congress1928Francisco Pérez1928–193033rd Congress19301930–193234th Congress1932José Alejandro Albiztevi1932–193435th Congress1934Antonio Gutiérrez1934–193736th Congress1937Alfredo Mena1937–194037th Congress1940Enrique Carrola Antuna1940–194338th Congress1943José Donaciano Sosa1943–194639th Congress1946José Guadalupe Bernal1946–194940th Congress1949Enrique Campos Luna1949–195241st Congress1952Máximo Gámiz Fernández Jesús Cisneros Roldán 1952–19541954–195542nd Congress1955Carlos Real Encinas1955–195843rd Congress1958José Guillermo Salas Armendáriz1958–196144th Congress1961Oscar Valdés FloresMaría Zataráin del Valle 1961–19621962–196445th Congress1964Ángel Rodríguez Solórzano1964–196746th Congress1967Agustín Ruíz Soto1967–197047th Congress1970Manuel Aguilera Tavizón1970–197348th Congress1973María Aurelia de la Cruz Espinoza 1973–197649th Congress1976Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier1976–197950th Congress 1979Luis Ángel Tejada Espino1979–198251st Congress1982Zina Ruiz de León1982–198552nd Congress1985Joel Rosas Torres1985–198853rd Congress1988Joaquín Garduño Vargas1988–199154th Congress1991Armando Sergio González Santacruz1991–199455th Congress1994Ismael Hernández Deras1994–199756th Congress1997Juan Manuel Félix León1997–200057th Congress2000José Manuel Díaz Medina2000–200358th Congress2003Francisco Monárrez2003–200659th Congress2006Luis Enrique Benítez Ojeda2006–200960th Congress2009Ricardo López Pescador2009–201261st Congress2012Sonia Catalina Mercado Gallegos2012–201562nd Congress2015Otniel García Navarro 2015–201863rd Congress20182018–202164th Congress2021Francisco Castrellón Garza2021–202465th Congress20242024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Durango's 1st district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 41.46732024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 58.2177
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