# 5th federal electoral district of Chihuahua

The 5th federal electoral district of Chihuahua (Distrito electoral federal 05 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 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.

## District territory

Under the National Electoral Institute's 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the district covers the state's eastern municipalities: Aldama, Aquiles Serdán, Camargo, Coyame del Sotol, Delicias, La Cruz, Jiménez, Julimes, Manuel Benavides, Meoqui, Ojinaga, Rosales, San Francisco de Conchos and Saucillo. Its head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Delicias.

## Previous districting schemes
### 2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022 the 5th district comprised the same municipalities as in the 2022 plan, with its head town at Delicias.

### 2005–2017

Under the 2005 districting scheme, the 5th district was located in the east of the state, but its configuration was slightly different. It covered the municipalities of Aldama, Allende, Aquiles Serdán, Camargo, Coronado, Coyame del Sotol, Delicias, Jiménez, Julimes, La Cruz, López, Manuel Benavides, Meoqui, Ojinaga, Rosales, San Francisco de Conchos and Saucillo. The head town was the city of Delicias.

### 1996–2005

Chihuahua lost its 10th district in the 1996 redistricting process. Under the 1996 scheme, the 5th district was located in the same region of the state as in later plans, with a slightly different configuration. It covered the municipalities of Aldama, Aquiles Serdán, Camargo, Coyame del Sotol, Delicias, Julimes, La Cruz, Manuel Benavides, Meoqui, Ojinaga, Rosales, San Francisco de Conchos and Saucillo.

### 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. The 5th district was located in the west of the state, covering a large area of the Sierra Madre Occidental. It was centred on the city of Vicente Guerrero and comprised the municipalities of Bachíniva, Bocoyna, Carichí, Chínipas, Gómez Farías, Guazapares, Guerrero, Maguarichi, Matachí, Moris, Namiquipa, Ocampo, Temósachi and Uruachi.

## Deputies returned to Congress

Fifth federal electoral district of Chihuahua :
| Election | Deputy | Term | Legislature |
| 1976 | Artemio Iglesias [es] | 1976–1979 | 50th Congress |
| 1979 | Enrique Pérez González | 1979–1982 | 51st Congress |
| 1982 | Samuel Díaz Olguín | 1982–1985 | 52nd Congress |
| 1985 | Alonso Aguirre Ramos [es] | 1985–1988 | 53rd Congress |
| 1988 | Jorge Esteban Sandoval | 1988–1991 | 54th Congress |
| 1991 | Pablo Israel Esparza Natividad [es] | 1991–1994 | 55th Congress |
| 1994 | Saúl González Herrera | 1994–1997 | 56th Congress |
| 1997 | Ignacio Arrieta Aragón | 1997–2000 | 57th Congress |
| 2000 | César Reyes Roel | 2000–2003 | 58th Congress |
| 2003 | Fernando Álvarez Monje | 2003–2006 | 59th Congress |
| 2006 | Felipe González Ruiz | 2006–2009 | 60th Congress |
| 2009 | Guillermo Márquez Lizalde | 2009–2012 | 61st Congress |
| 2012 | Abraham Montes Alvarado | 2012–2015 | 62nd Congress |
| 2015 | Juan Antonio Meléndez Ortega | 2015–2018 | 63rd Congress |
| 2018 | Mario Mata Carrasco [es] | 2018–2021 | 64th Congress |
| 2021 | Mario Mata Carrasco [es] Salvador Alcántar Ortega | 2021–2022 2022–2023 | 65th Congress |
| 2024 | Juan Antonio Meléndez Ortega | 2024–2027 | 66th Congress |

## Results

The corresponding page on the Spanish-language Wikipedia contains full electoral results from 1964 to 2021.