The Sixth Federal Electoral District of Coahuila ''(VI Distrito Electoral Federal de Coahuila)'' 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 seven such districts in the state of

Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...

. 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, Coahuila's Sixth District covers the northern half of the municipality of Torreón. The district's head town ''(cabecera distrital)'', where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Torreón.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

* LI Legislature ** 1979–1982:

Francisco José Madero González Francisco José Madero González (October 16, 1930 – February 21, 2013) was a Mexican politician, accountant, and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Madero served as the 54th Municipal President, or Mayor, of Torreón fr ...

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

Humberto Roque Villanueva Humberto Roque Villanueva (born 16 November 1943) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI). He was born in Torreón, Coahuila. He has served as the president of the PRI, a senator for Coahuila, and ...

(PRI) * LV Legislature ** 1991–1994: * LVI Legislature ** 1994–1997: Jesús Salvador Hernández Vélez (PRI) * LVII Legislature ** 1997–2000: Alberto González Domene (PAN) * LVIII Legislature ** 2000–2002:

José Guillermo Anaya Llamas José Guillermo Anaya Llamas (born 2 July 1968) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN. As of 2013 he served as Deputy of both the LIX and LXII Legislatures of the Mexican Congress representing Coahuila. He also served as Senator durin ...

(PAN) ** 2002–2003: Silvestre Enrique Faya Viesca (PAN) * LIX Legislature ** 2003–2006: Laura Reyes Retana (Ind.) * LX Legislature ** 2006–2009: Jesús de León Tello (PAN)

References

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