6th federal electoral district of Coahuila

Coahuila's 6th
Electoral district of the
Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
  6th district since 2022
Incumbent
MemberCintia Cuevas Sánchez
Party▌Morena
Congress66th (2024–2027)
District
StateCoahuila
Head townTorreón
Coordinates25°32′N 103°24′W / 25.533°N 103.400°W / 25.533; -103.400
CoversMunicipality of Torreón (part)
PR regionSecond
Precincts190
Population358,152 (2020 Census)
Coahuila under the 2017–2022 districting plan

The 6th federal electoral district of Coahuila (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 06 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]

Suspended in 1930,[a] the 6th district was re-established as part of the 1977 political reforms and was first contested in the 1979 mid-term election.[7] The restored district elected its first deputy in the 1979 mid-terms.

The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Cintia Cuevas Sánchez of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).[8][9]

District territory

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In its 2023 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the National Electoral Institute (INE) assigned Coahuila an additional district.[10] The reconfigured 6th district covers 190 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) in the northern portion of the municipality of Torreón.[11][12][b]

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Torreón. The district reported a population of 358,152 in the 2020 Census.[1]

Previous districting schemes

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Evolution of electoral district numbers
1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023
Coahuila 4 7 7 7 7 8
Chamber of Deputies 196 300
Sources: [1][13][7][14]

2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022, the district covered 161 precincts in the municipality of Torreón, with the remainder of the municipality assigned to the 5th district. The head town was at Torreon.[14][15]

2005–2017

Under the 2005 districting scheme, the 6th district covered 161 precincts in the northern half of the municipality of Torreón. The city of Torreón was the head town.[16][17]

1996–2005

Under the 1996 scheme, the district covered the western portion of the city of Torreón.[18][17]

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, Coahuila's seat allocation rose from 4 to 7.[13] The 6th district had its head town at Torreón and it covered a part of the city and the rural portion of its municipality.[19]

Deputies returned to Congress

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Mexico National parties
Current
PAN
PRI
PT
PVEM
MC
Morena
Defunct or local only
PLM
PNR
PRM
PNM
PP
PPS
PARM
PFCRN
Convergencia
PANAL
PSD
PES
PES
PRD
Coahuila's 6th district
Election Deputy Party Term Legislature
1922 [es] Jacobo Cárdenas[20] 1922–1924 30th Congress
1924 Marcos A. Hernández[21] 1924–1926 31st Congress
1926 Domingo P. Acosta[22] 1926–1928 32nd Congress
1928 Raymundo Cervera[23] 1928–1930 33rd Congress
The 6th district was suspended from 1930 to 1979
1979 Francisco José Madero González 1979–1982 51st Congress
1982 Enrique Agüero Ávalos 1982–1985 52nd Congress
1985 Heriberto Ramos Salas 1985–1988 53rd Congress
1988 Humberto Roque Villanueva 1988–1991 54th Congress
1991 Mariano López Mercado[c]
Irma Mayela Adame Aguayo 		1991–1993
1993–1994 		55th Congress
1994 Jesús Salvador Hernández Vélez 1994–1997 56th Congress
1997 Alberto González Domene 1997–2000 57th Congress
2000 Guillermo Anaya Llamas[24]
Silvestre Enrique Faya Viesca[25] 		2000–2002
2002–2003 		58th Congress
2003 Vacant[d]
Laura Reyes Retana Ramos [es][26][e] 		2003–2004
2004–2006 		59th Congress
2006 Jesús de León Tello[27][f]
Florentina Medrano Echeverría 		2006–2009
2009 		60th Congress
2009 Héctor Fernández Aguirre[28] 2009–2012 61st Congress
2012 Marcelo Torres Cofiño[29] 2012–2015 62nd Congress
2015 José Refugio Sandoval Rodríguez[30] 2015–2018 63rd Congress
2018[31] José Ángel Pérez Hernández [es][32][g] 2018–2021 64th Congress
2021[34] Shamir Fernández Hernández [es][35] 2021–2024 65th Congress
2024[8] Cintia Cuevas Sánchez[9] 2024–2027 66th Congress

Presidential elections

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Coahuila's 6th district
Election District won by Party or coalition %
2018[36] Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Juntos Haremos Historia 		49.5217
2024[37] Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
Sigamos Haciendo Historia 		52.7248

Notes

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  1. ^ An amendment to Article 52 of the Constitution in 1928 changed the original provision of "one deputy per 60,000 inhabitants" to "one deputy per 100,000";[4][5] as a result, the size of the Chamber of Deputies fell from 281 in the 1928 election to 171 in 1934.[6]
  2. ^ The 5th district covers the remainder of the municipality.
  3. ^ López Mercado took leave of his seat to contend for and serve as the municipal president of Torreón (1994–1996).
  4. ^ The Federal Electoral Court annulled the 6 July election in the 6th district and a special election was held.
  5. ^ Retana Ramos left the PRI group in Congress in February 2006 to sit as an independent.
  6. ^ De León Tello took leave of his seat on 9 August 2009 to contend for the municipal presidency of Torreón.
  7. ^ Pérez Hernández switched allegiance from the Social Encounter Party to the Labour Party in August 2020.[33]

References

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  5. ^ "Artículo 52, reformas" (PDF). Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  6. ^ Godoy, Luis. "Reelección en la Cámara de Diputados, 1917–1934" (PDF). Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  7. ^ a b 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.
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  9. ^ a b "Perfil: Dip. Cintia Cuevas Sánchez, LXVI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  10. ^ De la Rosa, Yared (20 February 2023). "Nueva distritación electoral le quita diputados a la CDMX y le agrega a Nuevo León". Forbes México. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
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  12. ^ "Cuáles son los 8 distritos federales en Coahuila y cuál me toca". Telediario Saltillo. 27 February 2024. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  13. ^ a b González Casanova, Pablo (1993). Las Elecciones en México: evolución y perspectivas (3 ed.). Siglo XXI. p. 219. ISBN 9789682313219. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  14. ^ a b "Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral por el que se aprueba la demarcación territorial de los 300 distritos electorales federales uninominales" (PDF). Repositorio Documental. INE. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Descriptivo de la distritación federal: Coahuila marzo 2017" (PDF). Cartografía. INE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Federal Electoral por el que se establece la demarcación territorial de los trescientos distritos electorales federales uninominales". Diario Oficial de la Federacion. 2 March 2005. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  17. ^ a b "Distritación 1996/2005 de Coahuila" (PDF). IFE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2008. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
  18. ^ "Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Federal Electoral por el que se establece la demarcación territorial de los trescientos distritos electorales federales uninominales". Diario Oficial de la Federacion. 12 August 1996. p. 29. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  19. ^ "División del territorio de la República en 300 distritos electorales uninominales para elecciones federales: Coahuila". Diario Oficial de la Federación. 29 May 1978. p. 13. Retrieved 21 May 2025. The link contains an exact description of the area covered.
  20. ^ "Legislatura 30" (PDF). Biblioteca Virtual. Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Legislatura 31" (PDF). Biblioteca Virtual. Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
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  24. ^ "Perfil: Dip. José Guillermo Anaya Llamas, LVIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  25. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Silvestre Enrique Faya Viesca, LVIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  26. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Laura Reyes Retana Ramos, LIX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  27. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Jesús De León Tello, LX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  28. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Héctor Fernández Aguirre, LXI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  29. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Marcelo de Jesús Torres Cofiño, LXII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  30. ^ "Perfil: Dip. José Refugio Sandoval Rodríguez, LXIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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  32. ^ "Perfil: Dip. José Ángel Pérez Hernández, LXIV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  33. ^ "El PT ya es tercera fuerza; va por presidencia en la Cámara de Diputados". El Informador. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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  35. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Shamir Fernández Hernández, LXV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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