The Second Federal Electoral District of Coahuila ''(II Distrito Electoral Federal de Coahuila)'' is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which

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is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal

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and one of seven such districts in the

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Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...

. It elects one deputy to the lower house of

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for each three-year legislative period, by means of the

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system.

District territory

Coahuila's Second District is one of the country's largest in terms of its surface area. Under the 2005 districting scheme, it covers the

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of Cuatrociénegas,

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, Frontera,

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, Múzquiz,

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, Ocampo,

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, San Pedro, San Buenaventura and Sierra Mojada. The district's head town ''(cabecera distrital)'', where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of

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Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the Second District's territory was in the north and north-west of the state, comprising roughly the municipalities as at present: Cuatrociénegas (municipality),

, Frontera,

, Ocampo,

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, San Pedro and Sierra Mojada.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

* L Legislature **1976–1979: Carlos Ortiz Tejada (PRI) * LI Legislature **1979–1982: * LII Legislature **1982–1985: * LIII Legislature **1985–1988: * LIV Legislature **1988–1991: * LV Legislature **1991–1994: * LVI Legislature **1994–1997: Manlio Fabio Gómez Uranga (PRI) * LVII Legislature **1997–2000: Javier Guerrero García (PRI) * LVIII Legislature **2000–2003: Jesús de la Rosa Godoy (PRI) * LIX Legislature **2003–2006: Jesús Zúñiga Romero (Ind.) * LX Legislature **2006–2009: Javier Guerrero García (PRI)

References

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