3rd federal electoral district of Durango

The 3rd federal electoral district of Durango (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 03 de 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.

Durango's 3rd
Electoral district of the
Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
  3rd district since 2023
Incumbent
MemberGerardo Villarreal Solís
PartyEcologist Green Party
Congress66th (2024–2027)
District
StateDurango
Head townCiudad Lerdo
Coordinates25°33′N 103°31′W / 25.550°N 103.517°W / 25.550; -103.517
Covers
18 municipalities
  • Canatlán, Coneto de Comonfort, Cuencamé, Simón Bolívar, Guadalupe Victoria, Lerdo, Nazas, Nombre de Dios, Nuevo Ideal, Pánuco de Coronado , Peñón Blanco, Poanas, Rodeo, San Juan de Guadalupe, San Juan del Río, Santa Clara, Súchil, Vicente Guerrero
PR regionFirst
Precincts414
Population457,050 (2020 Census)

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 Solís 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 (secciones electorales) across 18 municipalities in the centre and east of the state:

  • Canatlán, Coneto de Comonfort, Cuencamé, Simón Bolívar, Guadalupe Victoria, Lerdo, Nazas, Nombre de Dios, Nuevo Ideal, Pánuco de Coronado , Peñón Blanco, Poanas, Rodeo, San Juan de Guadalupe, San Juan del Río, Santa Clara, Súchil and Vicente Guerrero.

The head town (cabecera distrital), 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

Evolution of electoral district numbers
1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023
Durango 4 6 5 4 4 4
Chamber of Deputies 196 300
Sources:

2017–2022

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 Bolívar, Guadalupe Victoria, Lerdo, Nazas, Nombre de Dios, Nuevo Ideal, Pánuco de Coronado, Peñón Blanco, Poanas, Rodeo, San Juan de Guadalupe, San Juan del Río and Santa Clara, as in the 2023 scheme, but with San Luis del Cordero replacing Súchil and Vicente Guerrero.

2005–2017

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 Bolívar, Guadalupe Victoria, Hidalgo, Indé, Mapimí, 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 Río, San Luis del Cordero, San Pedro del Gallo, Santa Clara, Tlahualilo, and Vicente Guerrero.

1996–2005

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 Bolívar, Guadalupe Victoria, Lerdo, Nazas, Pánuco de Coronado, Peñón Blanco, Rodeo, San Juan de Guadalupe, San Juan del Río, San Luis del Cordero, San Pedro del Gallo and Santa Clara.

1978–1996

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, Guanaceví, Otáez, San Bernardo, Santiago Papasquiaro, Tamazula, Tepehuanes and Topia.

Deputies returned to Congress

National parties
Current
PAN
PRI
PT
PVEM
MC
Morena
Defunct or local only
PLM
PNR
PRM
PNM
PP
PPS
PARM
PFCRN
Convergencia
PANAL
PSD
PES
PES
PRD
Durango's 3rd district
Election Deputy Party Term Legislature
1916 [es] Antonio Gutiérrez Rivera [es] 1916–1917 Constituent Congress
of Querétaro
1917 Antonio Gutiérrez Rivera [es] 1917–1918 27th Congress
1918 Antonio Gutiérrez Rivera [es] 1918–1920 28th Congress
1920 Salvador Franco Urias 1920–1922 29th Congress
1922 [es] Salvador Franco Urias 1922–1924 30th Congress
1924 Juan Pablo Estrada 1924–1926 31st Congress
1926 Daniel R. Gutiérrez 1926–1928 27th Congress
1928 Daniel R. Gutiérrez 1928–1930 33rd Congress
1930 Lorenzo Gámiz 1930–1932 34th Congress
1932 Fernando Arenas 1932–1934 35th Congress
1934 Miguel Arrieta Vizcarra 1934–1937 36th Congress
1937 Ernesto Calderón R. 1937–1940 37th Congress
1940 Braulio Meraz Navárez 1940–1943 38th Congress
1943 Marino Castillo Nájera 1943–1946 39th Congress
1946 Ramiro Rodríguez Palafox 1946–1949 40th Congress
1949 Gustavo Durón González 1949–1952 41st Congress
1952 Ramiro Rodríguez Palafox 1952–1955 42nd Congress
1955 Juan Pescador Polanco 1955–1958 43rd Congress
1958 Enrique Wenceslao Sánchez García 1958–1961 44th Congress
1961 Agustín Ruiz Soto 1961–1964 45th Congress
1964 Enrique Wenceslao Sánchez García 1964–1967 46th Congress
1967 Juan Antonio Orozco Fierro 1967–1970 47th Congress
1970 Francisco Navarro Veloz 1970–1973 48th Congress
1973 Víctor Rocha Marín 1973–1976 49th Congress
1976 Salvador Reyes Nevares 1976–1979 50th Congress
1979 Armando del Castillo Franco [es] 1979–1982 51st Congress
1982 María Albertina Barbosa Espinoza [es] 1982–1985 52nd Congress
1985 Francisco Gamboa Herrera 1985–1988 53rd Congress
1988 Rubén Hernández Higuera 1988–1991 54th Congress
1991 Francisco Gamboa Herrera 1991–1994 55th Congress
1994 José Rosas Aispuro 1994–1997 56th Congress
1997 Juan Arizmendi Hernández 1997–2000 57th Congress
2000 Olga Margarita Uriarte Rico 2000–2003 58th Congress
2003 Fernando Adame de León 2003–2006 59th Congress
2006 José Rubén Escajeda Jiménez 2006–2009 60th Congress
2009 Óscar García Barrón 2009–2012 61st Congress
2012 José Rubén Escajeda Jiménez 2012–2015 62nd Congress
2015 Óscar García Barrón 2015–2018 63rd Congress
2018 Maribel Aguilera Cháirez 2018–2021 64th Congress
2021 Maribel Aguilera Cháirez
Martha Alicia Arreola Martínez
2021–2022
2022–2023
65th Congress
2024 Gerardo Villarreal Solís 2024–2027 66th Congress

Presidential elections

Durango's 3rd district
Election District won by Party or coalition %
2018 Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Juntos Haremos Historia
46.0915
2024 Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
Sigamos Haciendo Historia
61.8443

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