First Federal Electoral District of Quintana Roo
# First Federal Electoral District of Quintana Roo

The First Federal Electoral District of Quintana Roo (I Distrito Electoral Federal de Quintana Roo) is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of three such districts in the state of Quintana Roo.

It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative period, by means of the first past the post system.

## District territory

Under the 2005 districting scheme, Quintana Roo's First District covers the municipalities of Cozumel, Isla Mujeres, Lázaro Cárdenas, Solidaridad, Tulum and non-urban area of the municipality of Benito Juárez (i.e., excluding the city and resort of Cancún).

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Playa del Carmen.

## Previous districting schemes

### 1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the First District's territory was the same as at present, except that in included the entirety of Benito Juárez, including the city and resort of Cancún. Cancún also served as the district's head town for vote-collecting purposes.

### Prior to 1975

Quintana Roo was admitted to the union on 8 October 1975. Prior to that, as a federal territory, it was assigned only one seat in the Chamber of Deputies: for the First District. The Second District was created upon statehood in 1975, halving the territory of the First District.

## Deputies returned to Congress from this district

* XXXVIII Legislature
   * 1940–1943: Raymundo Sánchez Azueta (PRI)
* XXXIX Legislature
   * 1943–1946:
* XL Legislature
   * 1946–1949: Manuel Pérez Ávila (PRI)
* XLI Legislature
   * 1949–1952: Abel Pavía González (PRI)
* XLIV Legislature
   * 1958–1961: Félix Morel Peyrefitte (PRI)
* XLV Legislature
   * 1961–1964: Delio Paz Ángeles (PRI)
* XLVI Legislature
   * 1964–1967: Luz María Zaleta de Elsner (PRI)
* XLVII Legislature
   * 1967–1970: Eliezer Castro Souza (PRI)
* XLVIII Legislature
   * 1970–1973: Hernán Pastrana Pastrana (PRI)
* XLIX Legislature
   * 1973–1975: Jesús Martínez Ross (PRI)
   * 1975–1976: Sebastián Uc Yam (PRI)
* L Legislature
   * 1976–1979: Carlos Gómez Barrera (PRI)
* LI Legislature
   * 1979–1980: Pedro Joaquín Coldwell (PRI)
   * 1980–1982: Salvador Ramos Bustamante (PRI)
* LII Legislature
   * 1982–1985: Sara Muza Simón (PRI)
* LIII Legislature
   * 1985–1988: María Cristina Sangri Aguilar (PRI)
* LIV Legislature
   * 1988–1991: Elina Elfi Coral Castilla (PRI)
* LV Legislature
   * 1991–1994: Joaquín Hendricks Díaz (PRI)
* LVI Legislature
   * 1994–1997: Sara Muza Simón (PRI)
* LVII Legislature
   * 1997–2000: Addy Joaquín Coldwell (PRI)
* LVIII Legislature
   * 2000–2001: Juan Ignacio García Zalvidea (PAN)
   * 2001–2003: Alicia Ricalde Magaña (PAN)
* LIX Legislature
   * 2003–2004: Félix González Canto (PRI)
   * 2004–2006: María Concepción Fajardo Muñoz (PRI)
* LX Legislature
   * 2006–2007: Sara Latife Ruiz Chávez (PRI)
   * 2007: Juan Carlos González Hernández (PRI)
   * 2007–2009: Sara Latife Ruiz Chávez (PRI)

## References and notes

* ↑ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Quintana Roo" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
* ↑ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Quintana Roo" (PDF). Retrieved 9 November 2008.
* ↑ Martínez Ross resigned his seat in Congress to fight (successfully) the election for Governor of Quintana Roo.
* ↑ Joaquín Coldwell resigned his seat in Congress to compete (successfully) for the Governorship of Quintana Roo.
* ↑ García Zalvidea resigned his seat in Congress to compete for the position of municipal president of Benito Juárez for the PVEM.
* ↑ Ruiz Chávez requested a leave of absence from Congress to compete for the position of General Secretary of the PRI; her bid was unsuccessful and she returned to her seat in the Chamber.
