The Third Federal Electoral District of Aguascalientes ''(III Distrito Electoral Federal de Aguascalientes)'' is one of the
300 Electoral Districts into which
Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal
Chamber of Deputies
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Description
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and one of three such districts in the
state of
Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes (; ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and ...
.
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 redistricting process, it is made up of the western portion of the
municipality of Aguascalientes.
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
Aguascalientes, Ags.
Previous districting schemes
1996–2005 district
Between 1996 and 2005, the district was composed of southern portion of the municipality of Aguascalientes.
Deputies returned to Congress from this district
*
LVII Legislature
**1997–2000:
Fernando Gómez Esparza (PRI)
*
LVIII Legislature
**2000–2003:
José Luis Novales Arellano (PAN)
*
LIX Legislature
**2003–2006:
Jaime del Conde Ugarte (PAN)
*
LX Legislature
**2006–2009:
Alma Hilda Medina Macías (PAN)
References
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Federal electoral districts of Mexico
Aguascalientes