Third Federal Electoral District of Mexico City

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The Third Federal Electoral District of Mexico City (III Distrito Electoral Federal de la Ciudad de México; previously "of the Federal District") is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of the 24 currently operational districts in Mexico City.

It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative period, by means of the first past the post system.

District territory[edit]

Under the 2005 districting scheme, the Third District covers the central and western portion of the borough (delegación) of Azcapotzalco.[1]

Previous districting schemes[edit]

1996–2005 district[edit]

Between 1996 and 2005, the Third District covered the central portion of Azcapotzalco only.[2]

Deputies returned to Congress from this district[edit]

Mexico Parties
PAN
PRI
PRD
PT
PVEM
MC
PANAL
PSD
Morena

References and notes[edit]

  1. ^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado del Distrito Federal" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  2. ^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación 1996 del Distrito Federal" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  3. ^ The National Action Party decided not to accept Gómez Mont's victory in the district, in protest at what it perceived as irregularities in the election.