The 6th federal electoral district of Durango () was a federal electoral district of Mexico from 1916 to 1930 and again from 1977 to 1997. During its most recent existence, 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.
The original 6th district of Durango was dissolved in 1930. It 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, with Durango's seat allocation rising from four to six. It was dissolved again by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) in its 1996 redistricting process, when the state's population no longer warranted six districts. The restored 6th district was therefore first contested in the 1979 mid-terms and elected its last deputy in the 1994 general election.
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:
During its 1977–1996 existence, the 6th district covered the municipalities of El Oro, Hidalgo, Indé, Lerdo, Mapimí, Nazas, Ocampo, San Luis del Cordero and San Pedro del Gallo. Its head town (), where results from individual polling stations were gathered together and tallied, was at the city of Lerdo.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Durango's 6th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro...19241924–192631st Congress19261926–192832nd Congress19281928–193033rd CongressThe sixth district was suspended between 1930 and 19771979Práxedis Nevárez Zepeda1979–198251st Congress1982Cirino Olvera Espinoza1982–198552nd Congress1985Joel Lleverino Reyes1985–198853rd Congress1988Lázaro Pasillas Rodríguez1988–199154th Congress1991Jesús Molina Lozano1991–199455th Congress1994 José Luis Fernando González Achem1994–199756th Congress
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