5th federal electoral district of Durango

The 5th federal electoral district of Durango () was a federal electoral district of Mexico. During its most recent existence, from 1977 to 2006, it returned one deputy to the Chamber of Deputies for each three-year legislative session by means of the first-past-the-post system. Votes cast in the district also counted towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the country's electoral regions.

Suspended in 1930, Durango's 5th district was re-established as part of the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under the reforms, Durango's seat allocation rose from four to six. It was dissolved by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) in 2005, when the state's population no longer warranted five districts. Thus, the re-established 5th district was first contested in the 1979 mid-term election and elected its last deputy in the 2003 mid-terms.

District territory + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Durango 4 6 5 4 4 4 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:

1996–2005 In the 1996 scheme, under which Durango had five single-member seats, the 5th district's head town (), where results from individual polling stations were gathered together and tallied, was the state capital, Victoria de Durango, and it comprised 199 precincts in the south of the municipality of Durango. The link contains maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes.

1978–1996 The restored 5th district comprised the southern half of the municipality of Durango, including a part of the state capital, together with the municipalities of Mezquital, Nombre de Dios, Pueblo Nuevo, San Dimas, Súchil and Vicente Guerrero. The state capital served as its head town.

Deputies returned to Congress

+ Durango's 5th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureFernando Gómez Palacio1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ... The fifth district was suspended between 1930 and 19771979Gonzalo Salas Rodríguez1979–198251st Congress1982Juan Arizmendi Hernández1982–198552nd Congress1985Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier1985–198853rd Congress1988Leodegario Soto Cesaretti1988–199154th Congress1991Gabriela Irma Avelar Villegas1991–199455th Congress1994José Roberto Arreola Arreola 1994–199756th Congress1997Alejandro González YáñezSantiago Pedro Cortés 1997–19981998–200057th Congress2000Rodolfo Dorador Pérez Gavilán2000–200358th Congress2003Pedro Ávila Nevárez2003–200659th Congress

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