First Federal Electoral District of the Federal District

District DF-I shaded blue

The First Federal Electoral District of the Federal District (I Distrito Electoral Federal del Distrito Federal) is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 27 such districts in the Federal District ("DF" or Mexico City).

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 DF's First District covers the northern portion of the borough (delegación) of Gustavo A. Madero. This makes it the northernmost federal electoral district in the DF.[1]

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the First District had practically the same composition as at present.[2]

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

Mexico Parties
PAN
PRI
PRD
PT
PVEM
MC
PANAL
PSD

References

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