The First Federal Electoral District of Baja California ''(I Distrito Electoral Federal de Baja California)'' is one of the
300 Electoral Districts into which
Mexico
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is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal
Chamber of Deputies
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Description
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and one of eight such districts in the
state of
Baja California
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.
It elects one deputy to the lower house of
Congress
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for each three-year legislative period, by means of the
first past the post
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system.
District territory
Under the 2005 redistricting process, it is made up of the
municipality of Mexicali, with the exception of its extreme northwest (where the state's
Third District is located)
and its extreme northeast (which corresponds to the
Second District).
The district's head town ''(cabecera distrital)'', where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the state capital, the city of
Mexicali.
Previous districting schemes
1996–2005 district
Between 1996 and 2005, this electoral district covered the whole of the municipality of Mexicali, except for a small pocket in the east of the city of Mexicali, which was part of the Second District.
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Deputies returned to Congress from this district
*
L Legislature
** 1976–1979:
Ricardo Eguía Valderrama (PRI)
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LI Legislature
** 1979–1982:
José Luis Andrade Ibarra (PRI)
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LII Legislature
** 1982–1985:
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LIII Legislature
** 1985–1988:
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LIV Legislature
** 1988–1991:
Jesús Armando Hernández Montaño (PRI)
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LV Legislature
** 1991–1994:
José Ramírez Román (PRI)
*
LVI Legislature
** 1994–1997:
Martina Montenegro Espinoza (PRI)
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LVII Legislature
** 1997–2000:
Roberto Pérez de Alva (PRI)
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LVIII Legislature
** 2000–2003:
Juvenal Vidrio Rodríguez (PAN)
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LIX Legislature
** 2003–2006:
Hidalgo Contreras Covarrubias (PAN)
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LX Legislature
** 2006–2009:
Francisco Rueda Gómez (PAN)
References
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Federal electoral districts of Mexico
Baja California