The Third Federal Electoral District of Yucatán ''(III 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 north-western portion of the municipality of Mérida. 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 Mérida.

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, Yucatán's Third District covered the western portion of the Mérida Municipality.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

* XLVII Legislature ** 1967–1970:

Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer (13 November 1924 – 7 April 2019) was a Mexican politician and diplomat who served as Governor of the state of Yucatán. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Early life and education M ...

(PRI) * XLVIII Legislature ** 1970–1973: * XLIX Legislature ** 1973–1976: * L Legislature ** 1976–1979:

(PRI) * LI Legislature ** 1979–1982: Jorge Jure Cejín (PRI) * LII Legislature ** 1982–1985: Rubén Calderón Cecilio (PRI) * LIII Legislature ** 1985–1988: Nerio Torres Ortiz (PRI) * LIV Legislature ** 1988–1991: * LV Legislature ** 1991–1994: José Feliciano Moo y Can (PRI) * LVI Legislature ** 1994–1997: Eric Rubio Barthell (PRI) * LVII Legislature ** 1997–2000: Fernando Castellanos Pacheco (PAN) * LVIII Legislature ** 2000–2003: Silvia López Scoffie (PAN) * LIX Legislature ** 2003–2006: José Orlando Pérez Moguel (PAN) * LX Legislature ** 2006–2009: Sofía Castro Romero (PAN) * LXI Legislature ** (2009 - 2010):

Angélica Araujo Lara Angélica del Rosario Araujo Lara (, born June 21, 1964) is a Mexican architect and politician, who served as the Senate of the Republic (Mexico), Senator for Yucatán (state), Yucatán. Previously, she was the municipal president of Mérida, Y ...

(PRI)Angélica Arajo solicitó licencia como diputada el 6 de enero de 2010 para ser candidata del PRI a Presidenta Municipal de Mérida, Yucatán. ** (2010 - 2012): Efraín Aguilar Góngora (PRI)

References and notes

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