The 3rd federal electoral district of Durango () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of four such districts in the state of Durango.
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 Gerardo Villarreal SolÃÂs of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).
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 414 electoral precincts () across 18 municipalities in the centre and east of the state:
- Canatlán, Coneto de Comonfort, Cuencamé, Simón BolÃÂvar, Guadalupe Victoria, Lerdo, Nazas, Nombre de Dios, Nuevo Ideal, Pánuco de Coronado, Peñón Blanco, Poanas, Rodeo, San Juan de Guadalupe, San Juan del RÃÂo, Santa Clara, Súchil and Vicente Guerrero.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Ciudad Lerdo. The district reported a population of 457,050 in the 2020 Census.
Previous districting schemes
2017âÂÂ2022
Between 2017 and 2022, the 3rd district's head town was at Guadalupe Victoria and it covered 17 municipalities in the same region of the state:
*Canatlán, Coneto de Comonfort, Cuencamé, Simón BolÃÂvar, Guadalupe Victoria, Lerdo, Nazas, Nombre de Dios, Nuevo Ideal, Pánuco de Coronado, Peñón Blanco, Poanas, Rodeo, San Juan de Guadalupe, San Juan del RÃÂo and Santa Clara, as in the 2023 scheme, but with San Luis del Cordero replacing Súchil and Vicente Guerrero.
2005âÂÂ2017
Under the 2005 plan, Durango's single-member district count fell from five to four. This district's head town was at Guadalupe Victoria and it covered 25 municipalities in the east of the state:
*Canatlán, Coneto de Comonfort, Cuencamé, Simón BolÃÂvar, Guadalupe Victoria, Hidalgo, Indé, MapimÃÂ, Nazas, Nombre de Dios, Nuevo Ideal, Ocampo, El Oro, Pánuco de Coronado, Peñón Blanco, Poanas, Rodeo, San Bernardo, San Juan de Guadalupe, San Juan del RÃÂo, San Luis del Cordero, San Pedro del Gallo, Santa Clara, Tlahualilo, and Vicente Guerrero.
1996âÂÂ2005
In the 1996 scheme, Durango's seats were reduced from six to five. The 3rd district had its head town at Lerdo and it comprised 14 municipalities:
*Coneto de Comonfort, Cuencamé, Simón BolÃÂvar, Guadalupe Victoria, Lerdo, Nazas, Pánuco de Coronado, Peñón Blanco, Rodeo, San Juan de Guadalupe, San Juan del RÃÂo, San Luis del Cordero, San Pedro del Gallo and Santa Clara.
1978âÂÂ1996
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, Durango's seat allocation rose from four to six. The reconfigured 3rd district covered nine municipalities:
*Canatlán (head town), Canelas, GuanacevÃÂ, Otáez, San Bernardo, Santiago Papasquiaro, Tamazula, Tepehuanes and Topia.
Deputies returned to Congress
Presidential elections
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