The 7th 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 7th district was created by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) in its 2005 redistricting process and was first contested in the 2006 general election. The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is José Armando Fernández Samaniego of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
District territory In its 2023 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the National Electoral Institute (INE) increased Baja California's seat allocation from eight to nine. The 7th district covers 152 precincts () in the municipality of Mexicali and 51 precincts in the municipality of Ensenada.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Mexicali. The district reported a population of 408,704 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:
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the 7th district covered portions of the municipalities of Ensenada (13 precincts), Mexicali (80 precincts), Tecate (41 precincts) and Playas de Rosarito (27 precincts). The head town was at Mexicali.
2005–2017 From 2005 to 2017, the newly created district comprised the municipality of Tecate, together with portions of the municipalities of Mexicali and Ensenada. The head town was at Mexicali. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Baja California's 7th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature2006Francisco Javier Paredes Rodríguez2006–200960th Congress2009José Luis Ovando Patrón2009–201261st Congress2012David Pérez Tejada Padilla2012–201562nd Congress20152015–201863rd Congress2018Érik Isaac Morales Elvira 2018–202164th Congress2021 2021–202465th Congress2024José Armando Fernández Samaniego 2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Baja California's 7th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 63.52802024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 67.7840
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