The First Federal Electoral District of Baja California Sur ''(I Distrito Electoral Federal de Baja California Sur)'' 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 two such districts in the

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. 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

It comprises the municipalities of Comondú, Loreto,

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, and the westernmost two-thirds of the municipality of La Paz. 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

Before Baja California Sur acquired statehood in 1974 and was still a Federal Territory, it was entitled to return only one deputy to Congress; the district known as the Sole District of the Southern Territory of Baja California ''(Distrito único del Territorio Sur de Baja California)'' therefore covered the whole of modern-day Baja California Sur. The state's First Federal Electoral District is considered the successor of the territory's Sole District.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

* XLIV Legislature ** 1958–1961: Alejandro Martínez Rodríguez (PRI) * XLV Legislature ** 1961–1964: Antonio Navarro Encinas (PRI) * XLVI Legislature ** 1964–1967: Alberto Alvarado Arámburo (PRI) * XLVII Legislature ** 1967–1970: * XLVIII Legislature ** 1970–1973: * XLIX Legislature ** 1973–1976: * L Legislature ** 1976–1979: Víctor Manuel Peralta Osuna (PRI) * LI Legislature ** 1979–1982: Armando Trasviña Taylor (PRI) * LII Legislature ** 1982–1985: * LIII Legislature ** 1985–1988: Víctor Manuel Liceaga Ruibal (PRI) * LIV Legislature ** 1988–1991: * LV Legislature ** 1991–1993:

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(PRI) ** 1993–1994: Yolanda Robinson Manríquez (PRI) * LVI Legislature ** 1994–1997:

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(PRI) * LVII Legislature ** 1997–2000: José Carlos Cota Osuna (PRI) * LVIII Legislature ** 2000–2003: Miguel Vega Pérez (PRI) * LIX Legislature ** 2003–2006:

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(PRD) * LX Legislature ** 2006–2009: Juan Adolfo Orcí Martínez (PRD)

District territory

Previous districting schemes

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

See also