The 9th federal electoral district of Nuevo León () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which

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is divided for elections to the federal

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and one of 14 such districts in the

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. It elects one

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to the lower house of

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for each three-year legislative session by means of the

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system. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the second region. The 9th district was created by the 1977 electoral reforms and was first contested in the 1979 mid-term election. The current member for the district, re-elected in the

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, is of the

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(PRI).

District territory

In its 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the

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and

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federal elections, the

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(INE) increased Nuevo León's congressional seat allocation from 12 to 14. The reconfigured 9th district covers 274 electoral precincts () across 13

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in the south of the state: * Allende, Aramberri,

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, Galeana,

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, Hualahuises, Iturbide, Linares,

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and

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. The district's head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Linares. The district reported a population of 370,547 in the 2020 Census.

Previous districting schemes

2017–2022 :Between 2017 and 2022, the district's head town was at Linares and it covered 355 precincts across 23 municipalities: :* Los Aldamas, Allende, Aramberri, Cerralvo, China, Doctor Arroyo, Doctor Coss, Doctor González, Galeana, General Bravo, General Terán, General Treviño, General Zaragoza, Los Herreras, Hualahuises, Iturbide, Linares, Melchor Ocampo, Mier y Noriega, Montemorelos, Los Ramones, Rayones and Santiago. 2005–2017 :Under the 2005 districting plan, the district covered 325 precincts across 16 municipalities: The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes. :*Allende, Aramberri, China, Doctor Arroyo, Doctor Coss, Galeana, General Bravo, General Teran, General Zaragoza, Hualahuises, Iturbide, Linares, Mier y Noriega, Montemorelos, Rayones and Santiago. 1996–2005 :From 1996 to 2005, the district's head town was at Linares and it covered 14 municipalities: :*Allende, Aramberri, Doctor Arroyo, Galeana, General Terán, General Zaragoza, Hualahuises, Iturbide, Juárez, Linares, Mier y Noriega, Montemorelos, Rayones and Santiago. 1978–1996 :The districting scheme in force from 1978 to 1996 was the result of the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under that plan, Nuevo León's seat allocation rose from 7 to 11. The newly created 9th district's head town was at Guadalupe and it covered a part of that city. The link contains an exact description of the area covered.

Deputies returned to Congress

Presidential elections

References

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