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3rd federal electoral district of Baja California

The 3rd federal electoral district of Baja California () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of nine such districts in the state of Baja California.

It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative session by means of the first-past-the-post system. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the first region.

The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Claudia Moreno Ramírez of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).

District territory

Under the 2023 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the 3rd district covers 194 precincts () in the southern portion of the municipality of Ensenada and the whole of the municipality of San Quintín.

The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Ensenada. The district reported a population of 408,150 in the 2020 Census.

Previous districting schemes

2005–2017

It covered the southern section of the state of Baja California, with the coastal city of Ensenada representing a major population center. The 3rd district was the largest in the state.

1995–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, the district's territory was made up entirely by the municipalities of Ensenada, Tecate, and Playas de Rosarito.

Deputies returned to Congress

Presidential elections

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