# 7th federal electoral district of Chihuahua

The 7th federal electoral district of Chihuahua (Distrito electoral federal 07 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.
Suspended in 1930, the 7th district was re-established as part of the 1977 electoral reforms. Under the 1975 districting plan, Chihuahua had only six congressional districts; under the 1977 reforms, the number increased to ten. The restored 7th district elected its first deputy in the 1979 mid-term election.

## District territory

Under the National Electoral Institute's 2022 districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the district is located in the centre-west portion of the state, covering the municipalities of Bachíniva, Buenaventura, Casas Grandes, Cuauhtémoc, Cusihuiriachi, Galeana, Santa Isabel, Gómez Farías, Gran Morelos, Guerrero, Ignacio Zaragoza, Madera, Matachí, Moris, Namiquipa, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Ocampo, Riva Palacio and Temósachic.
Its head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc.

## Previous districting schemes
### 2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022, the 7th district covered a different configuration of municipalities in the centre and west of the state. Ciudad Cuauhtémoc served as its head town.

### 2005–2017

Under the 2005 districting scheme, the 7th district covered the municipalities of Bachíniva, Buenaventura, Casas Grandes, Cuauhtémoc, Galeana, Gómez Farías, Guerrero, Ignacio Zaragoza, Madera, Matachí, Moris, Namiquipa, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Ocampo, Riva Palacio and Temósachi in the west of the state. The head town was Ciudad Cuauhtémoc.

### 1996–2005

Chihuahua lost its 10th district in the 1996 redistricting process. Between 1996 and 2005, the 7th district was located in the centre-west portion of the state and comprised mostly municipalities of the Sierra Tarahumara region: Bachíniva, Batopilas, Bocoyna, Carichí, Chínipas, Cuauhtémoc, Cusihuiriachi, Dr. Belisario Domínguez, Gran Morelos, Guazapares, Guerrero, Maguarichi, Moris, Nonoava, Ocampo, Riva Palacio, San Francisco de Borja, Santa Isabel, Satevó, Uruachi and Urique.

### 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 restored 7th district comprised the southern portion of the state capital, the city of Chihuahua, the rural areas of its surrounding municipality, and the municipalities of Aldama, Aquiles Serdán, Santa Isabel, Julimes and Meoqui.

## Deputies returned to Congress

Seventh federal electoral district of Chihuahua :
| Election | Deputy | Term | Legislature |
| The 7th district was suspended between 1930 and 1979 |||||
| 1979 | Demetrio Bernardo Franco Derma | 1979–1982 | 51st Congress |
| 1982 | Juan Manuel Terrazas Sánchez | 1982–1985 | 52nd Congress |
| 1985 | Jorge Doroteo Zapata | 1985–1988 | 53rd Congress |
| 1988 | Carlos Barranco Fuentes | 1988–1991 | 54th Congress |
| 1991 | Eloy Gómez Pando | 1991–1994 | 55th Congress |
| 1994 | Mario de la Torre Hernández [es] | 1994–1997 | 56th Congress |
| 1997 | Odórico Vázquez Bernal | 1997–2000 | 57th Congress |
| 2000 | Jorge Esteban Sandoval | 2000–2003 | 58th Congress |
| 2003 | Jorge Castillo Cabrera | 2003–2006 | 59th Congress |
| 2006 | Israel Beltrán Montes | 2006–2009 | 60th Congress |
| 2009 | Guadalupe Pérez Domínguez | 2009–2012 | 61st Congress |
| 2012 | Kamel Athie Flores | 2012–2015 | 62nd Congress |
| 2015 | Alex Le Baron González [es] | 2015–2018 | 63rd Congress |
| 2018 | Eraclio Rodríguez Gómez [es] | 2018–2021 | 64th Congress |
| 2021 | Patricia Terrazas Baca [es] | 2021–2024 | 65th Congress |
| 2024 | Jesús Roberto Corral Ordóñez | 2024–2027 | 66th Congress |

## Results

The corresponding page on the Spanish-language Wikipedia contains full electoral results from 1979 to 2021.
2 July 2006 General Election: Seventh District of Chihuahua :
| Party or Alliance | Party or Alliance | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| | National Action Party | | Jeffrey Jones | 36,863 | 28.10 / 100 |
| | Alliance for Mexico (PRI, PVEM) | Y | Israel Beltrán Montes | 56,327 | 42.93 / 100 |
| | Coalition for the Good of All (PRD, PT, Convergencia) | | Víctor Quintana Silveyra | 27.782 | 21.18 / 100 |
| | New Alliance Party | | Austreberta Bustamante Grajeda | 6,855 | 3.72 / 100 |
| | Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative | | Ramiro Encontrías Ontiveros | 1,100 | 0.84 / 100 |
| N | Unregistered candidates | Unregistered candidates | Unregistered candidates | 137 | 0.10 / 100 |
| N | Spoilt papers | Spoilt papers | Spoilt papers | 4,113 | 3.13 / 100 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 131,195 | 100 / 100 |
| Source: Instituto Federal Electoral. ||||||