Thirteenth Federal Electoral District of the Federal District

District DF-XIII shaded blue

The Thirteenth Federal Electoral District of the Federal District (XIII Distrito Electoral Federal del Distrito Federal) 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 27 such districts in the Federal District ("DF" or Mexico City).

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 DF's Thirteenth District covers the whole of the borough (delegación) of Iztacalco, with the exception of its easternmost sector, which belongs to the 11th District.[1]

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the Thirteenth District covered the central and eastern portions of Iztacalco.[2]

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

Mexico Parties
PAN
PRI
PRD
PT
PVEM
MC
PANAL
PSD

References and notes

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