The Ninth Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua ''(IX Distrito Electoral Federal de Chihuahua)'' 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 nine such districts in the state of

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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, Chihuahua's Ninth District is in the south-west portion of the state and covers the

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of Balleza, Batopilas,

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, Carichi, Chínipas,

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, Dr. Belisario Domínguez,

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, Guazapares,

Hidalgo del Parral Hidalgo del Parral is a city and seat of the municipality of Hidalgo del Parral in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is located in the southern part of the state, from the state capital, the city of Chihuahua, Chihuahua. As of 2015, the city ...

, Huejotitán, Maguarichi, Matamoros,

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, Nonoava,

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, San Francisco del Oro, Santa Bárbara, Santa Isabel, Satevó, El Tule, Urique, Uruachi and Valle de Zaragoza. The district's head town ''(cabecera distrital)'', where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Parral.

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the Ninth District was located, as now, in the south of the state and covered the municipalities of Allende, Balleza,

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, Huejotitán, Jiménez, López, Matamoros,

, San Francisco del Oro, Santa Bárbara, El Tule and Valle de Zaragoza. Its head town was the city of Parral.

1979–1996 district

Between 1979 and 1996, the Ninth District was located in the north-west of the state and its head town was the city of

Nuevo Casas Grandes Nuevo Casas Grandes is a city and the seat of the Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipality in northern Mexico. It is located in the northwestern part of the state of Chihuahua, on the Casas Grandes or San Miguel river, situated in a wide, fertile valley o ...

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

* LI Legislature ** 1979–1982: Rebeca Anchondo Fernández (PRI) * LII Legislature ** 1982–1985: Servando Portillo Díaz (PRI) * LIII Legislature ** 1985–1988: Fernando Abarca Fernández (PRI) * LIV Legislature ** 1988–1991: Rebeca Anchondo Fernández (PRI) * LV Legislature ** 1991–1994: Luis Carlos Rentería Torres (PRI) * LVI Legislature ** 1994–1997: Sergio Prieto Gamboa (PRI) * LVII Legislature ** 1997–2000: Jesús José Villalobos Sáenz (PRI) * LVIII Legislature ** 2000–2003: Manuel Payán Nova (PRI) * LIX Legislature ** 2003–2006: Jesús Aguilar Bueno (Ind.) * LX Legislature ** 2006–2009: César Duarte Jáquez (PRI) * LXI Legislature **2009–2012:

Luis Carlos Campos Villegas Luis Carlos Campos Villegas (born 29 October 1959) is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party. From 2009 to 2012 he served as Deputy of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress, representing the ninth district of Chihu ...

(PRI) * LXII Legislature **2012–2015: * LXIII Legislature **2015–2018: Carlos Hermosillo Arteaga (PRI) (d. 2017) * LXIV Legislature **2018–2020: Ángeles Gutiérrez Valdez ( Por México al Frente)

References and notes

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