Fourth Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua

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	PRI
	PRD
	PT
	PVEM
	MC
	PANAL
	PSD

The Fourth Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua (IV Distrito Electoral Federal de Chihuahua) 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 nine such districts in the state of Chihuahua.

District Chih-IV

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, Chihuahua's Fourth District covers the southern portion of Ciudad Juárez.[1]

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Ciudad Juárez.

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Almost exactly the same as the current configuration.[2]

1979–1996 district

As at present, between 1979 and 1996 the Fourth District covered a portion of the Ciudad Juárez urban area.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

XLVIII Legislature
- 1970–1971: Armando González Soto (PRI)[3]
- 1971–1973: Antonio Barrio Mendoza (PRI)
XLIX Legislature
- 1973–1976:
L Legislature
- 1976–1979: Juan Ernesto Madera Prieto (PRI)
LI Legislature
- 1979–1982: Miguel Lerma Candelaria (PRI)
LII Legislature
- 1982–1985: Francisco Rodríguez Pérez (PRI)
LIII Legislature
- 1985–1988: Oscar Luis Rivas Muñoz (PAN)
LIV Legislature
- 1988–1991: Santiago Rodríguez del Valle (PAN)
LV Legislature
- 1991–1994: Oscar Nieto Burciaga (PRI)
LVI Legislature
- 1994–1997: Miguel Lucero Palma (PRI)
LVII Legislature
- 1997–2000: Carlos Camacho Alcázar (PAN)
LVIII Legislature
- 2000–2003: Arturo Meza de la Rosa (PAN)
LIX Legislature
- 2003–2006: Miguel Lucero Palma (PRI)
LX Legislature
- 2006–2007: Víctor Valencia de los Santos (PRI)
- 2007: Octavio Fuentes Téllez (PRI)[4]
- 2007–2008: Víctor Valencia de los Santos (PRI)
- 2008–2009: Octavio Fuentes Téllez (PRI)[5]

Results

2 July 2006 General Election: Fourth District of Chihuahua
Party or Alliance		Candidate		Votes	Percentage
	National Action Party		María Antonieta Pérez Reyes	37,528	36.64 / 100
	Alliance for Mexico (PRI, PVEM)	Y	Víctor Valencia de los Santos	38,897	37.97 / 100
	Coalition for the Good of All (PRD, PT, Convergencia)		José de Jesús Barragán Sánchez	15,459	15.09 / 100
	New Alliance Party		Laurencio Gallegos Jiménez	5,481	5.35 / 100
	Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative		Sandra Rivera Martínez	2,231	2.18 / 100
N	Unregistered candidates			437	0.43 / 100
N	Spoilt papers			2,402	2.34 / 100
Total				102,435	100 / 100
Source: Instituto Federal Electoral.[6]

References and notes

Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chihuahua" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chihuahua" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
González Soto resigned his seat in Congress to serve as Comptroller of the Government of the Federal District.
Valencia de los Santos requested a leave of absence from Congress to seek the PRI's nomination for Municipal President of Ciudad Juárez; he retook his seat in Congress after failing to secure that candidacy.
Valencia de los Santos requested a second leave of absence to serve as the representative of the Chihuahua state government in Ciudad Juárez as of 1 July 2008. Senado de la República. "Gaceta del Senado. No. 18, Año 2008". Retrieved 2008-07-02.
Instituto Federal Electoral. "Chihuahua. Elección de Diputados por el principio de mayoría relativa". Archived from the original on 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2008-11-08.

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[1] Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chihuahua" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.

[2] Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chihuahua" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.

[3] González Soto resigned his seat in Congress to serve as Comptroller of the Government of the Federal District.

[4] Valencia de los Santos requested a leave of absence from Congress to seek the PRI's nomination for Municipal President of Ciudad Juárez; he retook his seat in Congress after failing to secure that candidacy.

[5] Valencia de los Santos requested a second leave of absence to serve as the representative of the Chihuahua state government in Ciudad Juárez as of 1 July 2008. Senado de la República. "Gaceta del Senado. No. 18, Año 2008". Retrieved 2008-07-02.

[6] Instituto Federal Electoral. "Chihuahua. Elección de Diputados por el principio de mayoría relativa". Archived from the original on 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2008-11-08.