The First Federal Electoral District of Coahuila ''(I 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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. 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

Under the 2005 districting scheme, Coahuila's First District covers the municipalities of Acuña, Allende,

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, Jiménez,

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, Nava,

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and

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

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the First District's territory was in the north and north-east region of the state and covered the municipalities of Acuña, Allende,

, Jiménez,

, Múzquiz, Nava,

and

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

* L Legislature **1976–1979:

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(PRI) * LI Legislature **1979–1982: * LII Legislature **1982–1985: * LIII Legislature **1985–1988: * LIV Legislature **1988–1991:

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(PRI) * LV Legislature **1991–1994:

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(PRI) * LVI Legislature **1994–1997:

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(PRI) * LVII Legislature **1997–2000: Francisco García Castells (PRI) * LVIII Legislature **2000–2002: Claudio Mario Bres Garza (PRI) **2002–2003: Armín Valdés Torres (Suplente) (PRI) * LIX Legislature **2003–2006: Jesús María Ramón Valdés (PRI) * LX Legislature **2006–2009: Ángel Humberto García Reyes (PAN)

References

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