Sixth Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua
# Sixth Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua

The Sixth Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua (VI Distrito Electoral Federal de Chihuahua) 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 nine such districts in the state of Chihuahua.

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, the district covers the western portion of the Chihuahua Municipality, including approximately one-half of the city of Chihuahua. The other half of the city, and the rest of the municipality, is covered by the Eighth District.

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

## Previous districting schemes

### 2005-2017 district

Between 2005 and 2017 the district covers the western portion of the Chihuahua Municipality, including approximately one-half of the city of Chihuahua.

### 1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the district covered the northern part of Chihuahua Municipality; i.e., it included the part of the city/municipality north of the Río Chuviscar.

### 1979–1996 district

Between 1979 and 1996, the Sixth District was located in the eastern central part of the state, centred on the city of Camargo.

## Deputies returned to Congress from this district

Federal deputies for the Sixth District of Chihuahua (since 1902) :

| Deputy | Party | Legislature | Period |
| - | - | - | - |
| Porfirio Parra | | XXI XXII | 1902 - 1906 |
| Vacante | Vacante | XXIII | 1906 - 1908 |
| Porfirio Parra | | XXIV | 1908 - 1910 |
| Celso Acosta | | XXV | 1908 - 1912 |
| Vacante | Vacante | XXVI | 1912 - 1914 |
| Vacante | Vacante | Constituyente | 1916 - 1917 |
| Vacante | Vacante | XXVII | 1917 - 1918 |
| Manuel Chávez M. | | XXVIII | 1918 - 1920 |
| Alejandro Velázquez López | | XXIX | 1920 - 1922 |
| Manuel Chávez M. | | XXX | 1922 - 1924 |
| José Calles | | XXXI | 1924 - 1926 |
| Rafael V. Balderrama | | XXXII | 1926 - 1928 |
| Práxedes Giner Durán | | XXXIII | 1928 - 1930 |
| El distrito VI es suprimido en 1930. Es restablecido en 1961. ||||
| Carlos Chavira Becerra | | XLV | 1961 - 1964 |
| José Martínez Alvídrez | | XLVI | 1964 - 1967 |
| Armando Bejarano Pedroza | | XLVII | 1967 - 1970 |
| José Refugio Mar de la Rosa | | XLVIII | 1970 - 1973 |
| Ernesto Villalobos Payán | | XLIX | 1973 - 1976 |
| José Refugio Mar de la Rosa | | L | 1976 - 1979 |
| Enrique Sánchez Silva | | LI | 1979 - 1982 |
| Diógenes Bustamante Vela | | LII | 1982 - 1985 |
| Fernando Baeza Meléndez | | LIII | 1985 - 1986 |
| Alfredo Rohana Estrada | | LIII | 1986 - 1988 |
| Arturo Armendáriz Delgado | | LIV | 1988 - 1990 |
| Oscar Villalobos Chávez | | LIV | 1990 - 1991 |
| Jaime Rios Velasco Grajeda | | LV | 1991 - 1994 |
| Óscar Villalobos Chávez | | LVI | 1994 - 1997 |
| Patricio Martínez García | | LVII | 1997 - 1998 |
| Xochitl Reyes Castro | | LVII | 1998 - 2000 |
| Francisco Hugo Gutiérrez Dávila | | LVIII | 2000 - 2001 |
| Luis Villegas Montes | | LVIII | 2001 - 2003 |
| Gustavo Madero Muñoz | | LIX | 2003 - 2006 |
| Emilio Flores Domínguez | | LX | 2006 - 2009 |
| Maurilio Ochoa Millán | | LXI | 2009 - 2012 |
| Minerva Castillo Rodríguez | | LXII | 2012 - 2015 |
| Juan Blanco Zaldívar | | LXIII | 2015 - 2018 |
| Miguel Riggs Baeza | | LXIV | 2018 - |
