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3rd federal electoral district of Aguascalientes

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

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 second region.

The 3rd district was re-established as part of the 1996 redistricting process and has returned deputies to Congress since the 1997 mid-term election. The current member for the district, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is Paulo Gonzalo Martínez López of the National Action Party (PAN).

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 292 electoral precincts () in the south of the municipality of Aguascalientes.

The district's head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Aguascalientes, Ags. The district reported a population of 470,584 in the 2020 Census

Previous districting schemes

2017–2022

In the 2017 scheme, the 2nd district covered 260 precincts in the south of the municipality of Aguascalientes.

2005–2017

Under the 2005 redistricting process, it was made up of 217 precincts in the western portion of the municipality of Aguascalientes.

1996–2005

Aguascalientes gained its third congressional seat in 1996. The new district covered 173 precincts in the south of the municipality of Aguascalientes.

Deputies returned to Congress

Presidential elections

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