The Second Federal Electoral District of Quintana Roo ''(II Distrito Electoral Federal de Quintana Roo)'' 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 three such districts in the state of Quintana Roo. 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, Quintana Roo's Second District covers the municipalities of Othón P. Blanco, Felipe Carrillo Puerto 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 state capital, the city of Chetumal.

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the Second District had exactly the same territory as at present.

Prior to 1975

Quintana Roo was admitted to the union on 8 October 1975. Prior to that, as a federal territory, it was allowed only one seat in the Chamber of Deputies (for the

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). The Second District was created upon statehood in 1975, by halving the territory of the First District; it elected its first deputy, to the XLIX Legislature, in a special election.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

* XLIX Legislature **1975–1976: Héctor Esquiliano Solís (PRI) * L Legislature **1976–1979:

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(PRI) * LI Legislature **1979–1982: Primitivo Alfonso Alcocer (PRI) * LII Legislature **1982–1985: Javier Sánchez Lozano (PRI) * LIII Legislature **1985–1988: Salvador Ramos Bustamante (PRI) * LIV Legislature **1988–1991: Isidoro Victoriano Mendoza de la Cruz (PRI) * LV Legislature **1991–1994: Magaly Achach (PRI) * LVI Legislature **1994–1997:

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(PRI) * LVII Legislature **1997–2000: Artemio Caamal Hernández (PRI) * LVIII Legislature **2000–2003: Héctor Esquiliano Solís (PRI) * LIX Legislature **2003–2006: Víctor Manuel Alcérreca (PRI) * LX Legislature **2006–2009: Eduardo Espinosa Abuxapqui (PRI)

References and notes

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