The 3rd federal electoral district of Chihuahua () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of nine such districts in the state of Chihuahua.
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, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is Lilia Aguilar Gil of the Labour Party (PT).
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 the western portion of Ciudad Juárez and the municipality of Juárez, together with the adjacent municipalities of Ascensión and Janos, for a total of 366 electoral precincts ().
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Ciudad Juárez. The district reported a population of 417,486 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Chihuahua 6 10 9 9 9 9 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022 the district comprised the western portions of Ciudad Juárez and the municipality of Juárez. Its head town was Ciudad Juárez.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 districting scheme, the 3rd district covered the eastern portion of Ciudad Juárez, which served as its head town. The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes.
1996–2005 Chihuahua lost its 10th district in the 1996 redistricting process. The reconfigured 3rd district covered the eastern portion of Ciudad Juárez and the southern reaches of the municipality of Juárez.
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, Chihuahua's seat allocation rose from six to ten. Between 1979 and 1996, the 3rd district occupied a part of Ciudad Juárez. The link provides a detailed description of the district's coverage within the city.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Chihuahua's 3rd district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1970Mario Jáquez ProvencioFernando Pacheco Parra1970–19711971–197348th Congress1973Francisco Rodríguez Pérez1973–197649th Congress1976José Reyes Estrada Aguirre1976–197950th Congress1979René Franco Barreno1979–198251st Congress19821982–198552nd Congress19851985–198853rd Congress1988Miguel Agustín Corral1988–199154th Congress1991Carlos Morales Villalobos1991–199455th Congress1994Sergio Vázquez Olivas1994–199756th Congress19971997–200057th Congress2000Carlos Borunda Zaragoza2000–200358th Congress2003María Ávila Serna2003–200659th Congress2006Cruz Pérez Cuéllar2006–200960th Congress2009María Antonieta Pérez Reyes2009–201261st Congress2012Carlos Angulo Parra2012–201562nd Congress2015María Ávila Serna2015–201863rd Congress2018Claudia Elena Lastra Muñoz2018–202164th Congress2021Lilia Aguilar Gil2021–202465th Congress2024 Lilia Aguilar Gil 2024–202766th Congress
Congressional results The corresponding page on the Spanish-language Wikipedia contains full electoral results from 1964 to 2021.
2 July 2006 general election: Chihuahua's 3rd Party or Alliance Candidate Votes Percentage National Action Party Cruz Pérez Cuéllar 64,827 Alliance for Mexico(PRI, PVEM) Antonio Candelas Alvarado 33,270 Coalition for the Good of All(PRD, PT, Convergencia) Juvicela Enríquez Romero 16,766 New Alliance Party Sergio Guillermo Armendariz Díaz 6,855 Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Benjamín Quezada Martínez 2,973 Unregistered candidates 193 Spoilt papers 1,927 Total 126,821 Source: IFE.
Presidential elections + Chihuahua's 3rd district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 52.86442024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 74.5776
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