Second Federal Electoral District of Coahuila

District Coah-II

The Second Federal Electoral District of Coahuila (II Distrito Electoral Federal de Coahuila) 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 seven such districts in the state of Coahuila.

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

Coahuila's Second District is one of the country's largest in terms of its surface area. Under the 2005 districting scheme, it covers the municipalities of Cuatrociénegas, Francisco I. Madero, Frontera, Lamadrid, Múzquiz, Nadadores, Ocampo, San Juan de Sabinas, San Pedro, San Buenaventura and Sierra Mojada.^[1]

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of San Pedro de las Colonias.

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the Second District's territory was in the north and north-west of the state, comprising roughly the municipalities as at present: Cuatrociénegas (municipality), Francisco I. Madero, Frontera, Lamadrid, Nadadores, Ocampo, Sacramento, San Pedro and Sierra Mojada.^[2]

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

Parties
	PAN
	PRI
	PRD
	PT
	PVEM
	MC
	PANAL
	PSD

• L Legislature
  • 1976–1979: Carlos Ortiz Tejada (PRI)
• LI Legislature
  • 1979–1982:
• LII Legislature
  • 1982–1985:
• LIII Legislature
  • 1985–1988:
• LIV Legislature
  • 1988–1991:
• LV Legislature
  • 1991–1994:
• LVI Legislature
  • 1994–1997: Manlio Fabio Gómez Uranga (PRI)
• LVII Legislature
  • 1997–2000: Javier Guerrero García (PRI)
• LVIII Legislature
  • 2000–2003: Jesús de la Rosa Godoy (PRI)
• LIX Legislature
  • 2003–2006: Jesús Zúñiga Romero (Ind.)
• LX Legislature
  • 2006–2009: Javier Guerrero García (PRI)

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