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1st federal electoral district of Baja California
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Federal electoral district of MexicoMay 2025
Baja California's 1st Distrito federal BC 1.svg Laura Ruiz López es Morena (political party)Morena 66th (2024–2027) Baja California 32 39 48 N 115 28 04 W region:MX-BCN inline,title Mexicali Municipality of Mexicali (part) First 203 393,457 2020
thumb|Baja California under the 2017–2022 districting scheme
thumb|Baja California's districts between 2005 and 2007
The 1st federal electoral district of Baja California (es Distrito electoral federal 01 de Baja California) 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 Baja California.Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021–2023 https://cartografia.ife.org.mx/documentacion/memoria-de-la-distritacion-nacional21_23.pdf INE 205 4 September 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240528223340/https://cartografia.ife.org.mx/documentacion/memoria-de-la-distritacion-nacional21_23.pdf 28 May 2024
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.How Mexico Elects Its Leaders – The Rules https://mexicosolidarityproject.org/voices/172/ Mexico Solidarity Project 20 July 2024 31 January 2024Circunscripciones https://ayuda.ine.mx/2021/informate/assets/docs/Elecciones/Circunscripciones.pdf Ayuda 2021 INE 20 July 2024
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Alma Laura Ruiz López es Laura Ruiz López of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
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,De la Rosa Yared Nueva distritación electoral le quita diputados a la CDMX y le agrega a Nuevo León https://www.forbes.com.mx/nueva-distritacion-electoral-le-quita-diputados-a-la-cdmx-y-le-agrega-a-nuevo-leon/ 4 September 2024 Forbes México 20 February 2023 the first district covers 203 precincts (es secciones electorales) in the eastern urban portion of the municipality of Mexicali.Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral por el que se aprueba el proyecto de la demarcación territorial de los trescientos distritos electorales federales uninominales https://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5680128&fecha=20/02/2023#gsc.tab=0 Diario Oficial de la Federación 4 September 2024 20 February 2023The 2nd and 7th districts cover, respectively, the municipality's remaining urban and rural sectors.
The head town (es cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Mexicali. The district reported a population of 393,457 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes
+ Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Baja California 3 6 6 8 8 9 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources: González Casanova Pablo Pablo González Casanova Las Elecciones en México: evolución y perspectivas 1993 Siglo XXI 9789682313219 3 219 https://books.google.com/books?id=50GTKb1K9jcC 12 April 2025Evolución territorial de los distritos electorales federales uninominales, 1977–2010 Baños Martínez Marco Antonio Palacios Mora Celia Territorial evolution of the federal uninominal electoral districts, 1977–2010 Investigaciones Geográficas Instituto de Geografía, UNAM Mexico City 2014 84 92 10.14350/rig.34063 https://www.investigacionesgeograficas.unam.mx/index.php/rig/article/view/34063/39223 12 April 2025 free Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral por el que se aprueba la demarcación territorial de los 300 distritos electorales federales uninominales https://repositoriodocumental.ine.mx/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/92257/CGext201703-15-ap-7.pdf INE Repositorio Documental 15 March 2017 12 April 2025
2005–2017
Under the 2005 redistricting process, it was made up of the municipality of Mexicali, with the exception of its extreme northwest (where the state's 3rd district was located) and its extreme northeast (which corresponded to the 2nd district). The district's head town was the city of Mexicali.
1996–2005
Between 1996 and 2005, this electoral district covered the whole of the municipality of Mexicali, except for a small pocket in the east of the city of Mexicali, which was part of the 2nd district. http://www.ife.org.mx/documentos/DISTRITOS/pdf/PLANOS/02_COMP_090205.pdf Condensado de Baja California 9 November 2008 IFE 11 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090411020113/http://www.ife.org.mx/documentos/DISTRITOS/pdf/PLANOS/02_COMP_090205.pdf dead The link contains maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Baja California's 1st district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1976Ricardo Eguía ValderramaLegislatura 50 https://www.diputados.gob.mx/sedia/biblio/virtual/dip/leg27-60/Legislatura_50.pdf Cámara de Diputados Biblioteca Virtual 26 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1976–197950th Congress1979José Luis Andrade IbarraLegislatura 51 https://www.diputados.gob.mx/sedia/biblio/virtual/dip/leg27-60/Legislatura_51.pdf Cámara de Diputados Biblioteca Virtual 26 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1979–198251st Congress1982 José Ignacio Monge RangelLegislatura 52 https://www.diputados.gob.mx/sedia/biblio/virtual/dip/leg27-60/Legislatura_52.pdf Cámara de Diputados Biblioteca Virtual 26 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1982–198552nd Congress1985Luis I. López Moctezuma y TorresLegislatura 53 https://www.diputados.gob.mx/sedia/biblio/virtual/dip/leg27-60/Legislatura_53.pdf Cámara de Diputados Biblioteca Virtual 26 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1985–198853rd Congress1988Jesús Armando Hernández MontañoLegislatura 54 https://www.diputados.gob.mx/sedia/biblio/virtual/dip/leg27-60/Legislatura_54.pdf Cámara de Diputados Biblioteca Virtual 26 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1988–199154th Congress1991José Ramírez RománLegislatura 55 https://www.diputados.gob.mx/sedia/biblio/virtual/dip/leg27-60/Legislatura_55.pdf Cámara de Diputados Biblioteca Virtual 26 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1991–199455th Congress1994Martina Montenegro EspinozaLegislatura 56 https://www.diputados.gob.mx/sedia/biblio/virtual/dip/leg27-60/Legislatura_56.pdf Cámara de Diputados Biblioteca Virtual 26 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1994–199756th Congress1997Roberto Pérez de AlvaLegislatura 57 https://www.diputados.gob.mx/sedia/biblio/virtual/dip/leg27-60/Legislatura_57.pdf Cámara de Diputados Biblioteca Virtual 26 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1997–200057th Congress2000Juvenal Vidrio RodríguezPerfil: Dip. Juvenal Vidrio Rodríguez, LVIII Legislatura https://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?Referencia=700 SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 9 July 202422px|link=National Action Party (Mexico)2000–200358th Congress2003Hidalgo Contreras CovarrubiasPerfil: Dip. Hidalgo Contreras Covarrubias, LIX Legislatura http://www.sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=569445 SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 9 July 202422px|link=National Action Party (Mexico)2003–200659th Congress2006Francisco Rueda GómezPerfil: Dip. Francisco Rueda Gómez, LX Legislatura http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=2300124 SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 9 July 202422px|link=National Action Party (Mexico)2006–200960th Congress2009Sergio Tolento HernándezPerfil: Dip. Sergio Tolento Hernández, LXI Legislatura SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 4 September 2024 https://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?Referencia=691097622px|link=National Action Party (Mexico)2009–201261st Congress2012Benjamín Castillo ValdezPerfil: Dip. Benjamín Castillo Valdez, LII Legislatura SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 4 September 2024 http://www.sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=921809922px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party2012–201562nd Congress2015Exaltación González CeceñaPerfil: Dip. Exaltación González Ceceña, LXIII Legislatura https://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?Referencia=9218470 SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 9 July 202422px|link=National Action Party (Mexico)2015–201863rd Congress2018Jesús Salvador Minor MoraPerfil: Dip. Jesús Salvador Minor Mora, LXIV Legislatura https://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?Referencia=9221583 SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 9 July 202420px|link=National Regeneration Movement2018–202164th Congress 2021Yesenia Olúa GonzálezArchivos Documentos https://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Archivos/Documentos/2024/06/asun_4759740_20240606_1717689216.pdf 20px|link=National Regeneration Movement2021–202465th Congress2024Diputaciones: Baja California. Distrito 1. Mexicali https://computos2024.ine.mx/diputaciones/nacional/circunscripcion/1/entidad/2/distrito/1/candidatura Cómputos Distritales 2024 INE 18 May 2025Alma Laura Ruiz López es Laura Ruiz LópezPerfil: Dip. Alma Laura Ruiz López, LXVI Legislatura SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 4 September 2024 http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=922812122px|link=National Regeneration Movement2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections
+ Baja California's 1st district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018 Presidencia: Baja California. Distrito 1. Mexicali https://computos2018.ine.mx/#/presidencia/distrito/detalle/1/1/3/1?entidad=2&distrito=1 Cómputos Distritales 2018 INE 22 June 2025Andrés Manuel López Obrador22px|link=Labour Party (Mexico) 22px|link=National Regeneration Movement 22px|link=Social Encounter PartyJuntos Haremos Historia 61.06772024Presidencia: Baja California. Distrito 1. Mexicali https://computos2024.ine.mx/presidencia/nacional/entidad/2/distrito/1/candidatura Cómputos Distritales 2024 INE 22 June 2025Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo22px|link=Ecologist Green Party of Mexico 22px|link=Labour Party (Mexico) 22px|link=National Regeneration MovementSigamos Haciendo Historia 54.9470
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