Sixth federal electoral district of Coahuila

The sixth federal electoral district of Coahuila (Distrito electoral federal 06 de Coahuila) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of eight such districts in the state of Coahuila.^[1]

Federal electoral districts of Coahuila since 2022

Coahuila under the 2017–2022 districting plan

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.^[2][3]

The current 6th district was created as part of the 1977 political reforms and was first contested in the 1979 mid-term election.^[4]

District territory

Under the 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections and which gave Coahuila an additional district,^[5] the district covers the northern portion of the municipality of Torreón. The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Torreón.^[6][1]

Previous districting schemes

2005–2017

Under the 2005 districting scheme, the sixth district covered the northern half of the municipality of Torreón and the head town was at the city of Torreón.^[7]

Deputies returned to Congress

National parties
Current
	PAN
	PRI
	PT
	PVEM
	MC
	Morena
Defunct or local only
	PLM
	PNR
	PRM
	PP
	PPS
	PARM
	PFCRN
	Convergencia
	PANAL
	PSD
	PES
	PRD

Sixth federal electoral district of Coahuila

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1922 [es]	Jacobo Cárdenas[8]		1922–1924	30th Congress
1924	Marcos A. Hernández[9]		1924–1926	31st Congress
1926	Domingo P. Acosta[10]		1926–1928	32nd Congress
1928	Raymundo Cervera[11]		1928–1930	33rd Congress
The sixth district was suspended in 1930.[a] It was re-established under the 1977 political reforms.[4]
1979	Francisco José Madero González		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Enrique Agüero Ávalos		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Heriberto Ramos Salas		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Humberto Roque Villanueva		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Mariano López Mercado[b] Irma Mayela Adame Aguayo		1991–1993 1993–1994	55th Congress
1994	Jesús Salvador Hernández Vélez		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Alberto González Domene		1997–2000	57th Congress
2000	Guillermo Anaya Llamas[15] Silvestre Enrique Faya Viesca[16]		2000–2002 2002–2003	58th Congress
2003	Vacant[c] Laura Reyes Retana Ramos [es][17][d]		2003–2004 2004–2006	59th Congress
2006	Jesús de León Tello[18][e] Florentina Medrano Echeverría		2006–2009 2009	60th Congress
2009	Héctor Fernández Aguirre[19]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	Marcelo Torres Cofiño[20]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	José Refugio Sandoval Rodríguez[21]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018	José Ángel Pérez Hernández [es][22][f]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021	Shamir Fernández Hernández [es][24]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024[25]	Cintia Cuevas Sánchez[26]		2024–2027	66th Congress

Notes

1. An amendment to Article 52 of the Constitution in 1928 changed the original provision of "one deputy per 60,000 inhabitants" to "one deputy per 100,000";^[12][13] as a result, the size of the Chamber of Deputies fell from 281 in the 1928 election to 171 in 1934.^[14]
2. López Mercado took leave of his seat to contend for and serve as the municipal president of Torreón (1994–1996).
3. The Federal Electoral Court annulled the 6 July election in the 6th district and a special election was held.
4. Retana Ramos left the PRI group in Congress in February 2006 to sit as an independent.
5. De León Tello took leave of his seat on 9 August 2009 to contend for the municipal presidency of Torreón.
6. Pérez Hernández switched allegiance to the PT in August 2020.^[23]

References

1. "Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021-2023" (PDF). Instituto Nacional Electoral. p. 210. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
2. "How Mexico Elects Its Leaders — The Rules". Mexico Solidarity Project. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
3. "Circunscripciones" (PDF). ayuda.ine.mx. Instituto Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
4. Baños Martínez, Marco Antonio; Palacios Mora, Celia (2014). "Evolución territorial de los distritos electorales federales uninominales, 1977–2010" [Territorial evolution of the federal uninominal electoral districts, 1977–2010]. Investigaciones Geográficas (84). Mexico City: Instituto de Geografía, UNAM: 92. doi:10.14350/rig.34063. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
5. De la Rosa, Yared (20 February 2023). "Nueva distritación electoral le quita diputados a la CDMX y le agrega a Nuevo León". Forbes México. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
6. "Cuáles son los 8 distritos federales en Coahuila y cuál me toca". Telediario Saltillo. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
7. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Coahuila" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
8. "Legislatura 30" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
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12. "Diario Oficial de la Federación, 20 de agosto de 1928" (PDF). Diario Oficial de la Federación. 20 August 1928. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
13. "Artículo 52, reformas" (PDF). Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
14. Godoy, Luis. "Reelección en la Cámara de Diputados, 1917–1934" (PDF). Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
15. "Perfil: Dip. José Guillermo Anaya Llamas, LVIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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18. "Perfil: Dip. Jesús De León Tello, LX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
19. "Perfil: Dip. Héctor Fernández Aguirre, LXI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
20. "Perfil: Dip. Marcelo de Jesús Torres Cofiño, LXII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
21. "Perfil: Dip. José Refugio Sandoval Rodríguez, LXIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
22. "Perfil: Dip. José Ángel Pérez Hernández, LXIV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
23. "El PT ya es tercera fuerza; va por presidencia en la Cámara de Diputados". El Informador. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
24. "Perfil: Dip. Shamir Fernández Hernández, LXV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
25. "Coahuila Distrito 6. Torreón". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
26. "Perfil: Dip. Cintia Cuevas Sánchez, LXVI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 September 2024.

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