The Second Federal Electoral District of Yucatán ''(II Distrito Electoral Federal de Yucatán)'' is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal

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and one of five such districts in the

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. It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative period, by means of the first past the post system.

District territory

Under the 2005 districting scheme, the district covers the northern municipalities of Yucatán. The district's head town ''(cabecera distrital)'', where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Progreso.

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, Yucatán's Second District covered the north-west portion of the state.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

* L Legislature ** 1976–1979: Rubén Calderón Cecilio (PRI) * LI Legislature ** 1979–1982: Gonzalo Navarro Báez (PRI) * LII Legislature ** 1982–1985: José Pacheco Durán (PRI) * LIII Legislature ** 1985–1988: * LIV Legislature ** 1988–1991: * LV Legislature ** 1991–1994: * LVI Legislature ** 1994–1997: Rubén Calderón Cecilio (PRI) * LVII Legislature ** 1997–2000: * LVIII Legislature ** 2000–2003: José Feliciano Moo y Can (PRI) * LIX Legislature ** 2003–2006: Ivonne Ortega Pacheco (PRI) * LX Legislature ** 2006–2009:

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(PRI)

References and notes

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