# Sixth Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua

The Sixth Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua (VI Distrito Electoral Federal de 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 currently operating in the state of Chihuahua.
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 district covered the western portion of the municipality of Chihuahua, including approximately one-half of the city of Chihuahua. The other half of the city, and the rest of the municipality, was covered by the eighth district.
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the state capital, the city of Chihuahua.

## Previous districting schemes
### 2005-2017 district

Between 2005 and 2017 the district covered the western portion of the municipality of Chihuahua, including approximately one-half of the city of Chihuahua.

### 1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the district covered the northern part of the municipality of Chihuahua; i.e., it included the part of the city/municipality north of the Río Chuviscar.

### 1979–1996 district

Between 1979 and 1996, the sixth district was located in the eastern central part of the state, centred on the city of Camargo.

## Deputies returned to Congress from this district

Federal deputies for the Sixth District of Chihuahua (since 1902) :
| Deputy | Party | Legislature | Period |
| Porfirio Parra | | 21st Congress 22nd Congress | 1902–1906 |
| Vacant | Vacant | 23rd Congress | 1906–1908 |
| Porfirio Parra | | 24th Congress | 1908–1910 |
| Celso Acosta | | 25th Congress | 1908–1912 |
| Vacant | Vacant | 26th Congress | 1912–1914 |
| Vacant | Vacant | Constituent Congress of Querétaro | 1916–1917 |
| Vacant | Vacant | 27th Congress | 1917–1918 |
| Manuel Chávez M. | | 28th Congress | 1918–1920 |
| Alejandro Velázquez López | | 29th Congress | 1920–1922 |
| Manuel Chávez M. | | 30th Congress | 1922–1924 |
| José Calles | | 31st Congress | 1924–1926 |
| Rafael V. Balderrama | | 32nd Congress | 1926–1928 |
| Práxedes Giner Durán | | 33rd Congress | 1928–1930 |
| El distrito VI es suprimido en 1930. Es restablecido en 1961. ||||
| Carlos Chavira Becerra | | 45th Congress | 1961–1964 |
| José Martínez Alvídrez | | 46th Congress | 1964–1967 |
| Armando Bejarano Pedroza | | 47th Congress | 1967–1970 |
| José Refugio Mar de la Rosa | | 48th Congress | 1970–1973 |
| Ernesto Villalobos Payán | | 49th Congress | 1973–1976 |
| José Refugio Mar de la Rosa | | 50th Congress | 1976–1979 |
| Enrique Sánchez Silva | | 51st Congress | 1979–1982 |
| Diógenes Bustamante Vela | | 52nd Congress | 1982–1985 |
| Fernando Baeza Meléndez | | 53rd Congress | 1985–1986 |
| Alfredo Rohana Estrada | | 53rd Congress | 1986–1988 |
| Arturo Armendáriz Delgado | | 54th Congress | 1988–1990 |
| Oscar Villalobos Chávez | | 54th Congress | 1990–1991 |
| Jaime Rios Velasco Grajeda | | 55th Congress | 1991–1994 |
| Óscar Villalobos Chávez | | 56th Congress | 1994–1997 |
| Patricio Martínez García | | 57th Congress | 1997–1998 |
| Xochitl Reyes Castro | | 57th Congress | 1998–2000 |
| Francisco Hugo Gutiérrez Dávila | | 58th Congress | 2000–2001 |
| Luis Villegas Montes | | 58th Congress | 2001–2003 |
| Gustavo Madero Muñoz | | 59th Congress | 2003–2006 |
| Emilio Flores Domínguez | | 60th Congress | 2006–2009 |
| Maurilio Ochoa Millán | | 61st Congress | 2009–2012 |
| Minerva Castillo Rodríguez | | 62nd Congress | 2012–2015 |
| Juan Blanco Zaldívar | | 63rd Congress | 2015–2018 |
| Miguel Riggs Baeza | | 64th Congress | 2018– |