Fifth federal electoral district of Coahuila

Federal electoral districts of Coahuila since 2022
Coahuila under the 2017–2022 districting plan

The fifth federal electoral district of Coahuila (Distrito electoral federal 05 de Coahuila) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of eight such districts in the state of Coahuila.[1]

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 second region.[2][3]

The current 5th district was created as part of the 1977 political reforms and was first contested in the 1979 mid-term election.[4]

  1. ^ "Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021-2023" (PDF). Instituto Nacional Electoral. p. 210. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  2. ^ "How Mexico Elects Its Leaders — The Rules". Mexico Solidarity Project. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Circunscripciones" (PDF). ayuda.ine.mx. Instituto Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  4. ^ Baños Martínez, Marco Antonio; Palacios Mora, Celia (2014). "Evolución territorial de los distritos electorales federales uninominales, 1977–2010" [Territorial evolution of the federal uninominal electoral districts, 1977–2010]. Investigaciones Geográficas (84). Mexico City: Instituto de Geografía, UNAM: 92. doi:10.14350/rig.34063. Retrieved 3 July 2024.