1st federal electoral district of Durango

The 1st federal electoral district of Durango (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 01 de Durango) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of four such districts in the state of Durango.^[1]

Durango's 1st
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
1st district since 2022
Incumbent
Member	Martha Olivia García Vidaña [es]
Party	▌Morena
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	Durango
Head town	Victoria de Durango
Coordinates	24°01′N 104°40′W
Covers	11 municipalities Canelas, Durango (part), Guanaceví, Mezquital, Otáez, Pueblo Nuevo, San Dimas, Santiago Papasquiaro, Tamazula, Tepehuanes, Topia
PR region	First
Precincts	395
Population	459,351 (2020 Census)

Durango under the 2017–2022 districting plan

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 first region.^[2][3]

The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Martha Olivia García Vidaña [es] of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).^[4][5]

District territory

Under the 2023 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,^[6] the 1st district covers 395 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across 11 municipalities in the west and south of the state:^[7][8]

• Canelas, Durango (part), Guanaceví, Mezquital, Otáez, Pueblo Nuevo, San Dimas, Santiago Papasquiaro, Tamazula, Tepehuanes and Topia.^[a]

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, Victoria de Durango. The district reported a population of 459,351 in the 2020 Census.^[1]

Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers

	1974	1978	1996	2005	2017	2023
Durango	4	6	5	4	4	4
Chamber of Deputies	196	300
Sources: [1][9][10][11]

Deputies returned to Congress

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

Durango's 1st district

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1916 [es]	Silvestre Dorador[12][13]		1916–1917	Constituent Congress of Querétaro
1917	Manuel Vargas		1917–1918	27th Congress
1918	José Ignacio Mena		1918–1920	28th Congress
1920	Ignacio Borrego		1920–1922	29th Congress
1922 [es]	Mariano Castillo Nájera		1922–1924	30th Congress
1924	Alejandro Antuna		1924–1926	31st Congress
1926	Silvestre Dorador		1926–1928	32nd Congress
1928	Francisco Pérez		1928–1930	33rd Congress
1930	José Ramón Valdés [es]		1930–1932	34th Congress
1932	José Alejandro Albiztevi		1932–1934	35th Congress
1934	Antonio Gutiérrez		1934–1937	36th Congress
1937	Alfredo Mena		1937–1940	37th Congress
1940	Enrique Carrola Antuna		1940–1943	38th Congress
1943	José Donaciano Sosa		1943–1946	39th Congress
1946	José Guadalupe Bernal		1946–1949	40th Congress
1949	Enrique Campos Luna		1949–1952	41st Congress
1952	Máximo Gámiz Fernández Jesús Cisneros Roldán		1952–1954 1954–1955	42nd Congress
1955	Carlos Real Encinas		1955–1958	43rd Congress
1958	José Guillermo Salas Armendáriz		1958–1961	44th Congress
1961	Oscar Valdés Flores María Zataráin del Valle[14]		1961–1962 1962–1964	45th Congress
1964	Ángel Rodríguez Solórzano		1964–1967	46th Congress
1967	Agustín Ruíz Soto		1967–1970	47th Congress
1970	Manuel Aguilera Tavizón		1970–1973	48th Congress
1973	María Aurelia de la Cruz Espinoza		1973–1976	49th Congress
1976	Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier[15]		1976–1979	50th Congress
1979	Luis Ángel Tejada Espino[16]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Zina Ruiz de León[17]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Joel Rosas Torres[18]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Joaquín Garduño Vargas[19]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Armando Sergio González Santacruz[20]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Ismael Hernández Deras[21]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Juan Manuel Félix León[22]		1997–2000	57th Congress
2000	José Manuel Díaz Medina[23]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	Francisco Monárrez[24]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	Luis Enrique Benítez Ojeda[25]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	Ricardo López Pescador[26]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	Sonia Catalina Mercado Gallegos[27]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Otniel García Navarro[28][b]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018[30]	Martha Olivia García Vidaña [es][31]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021[32]	Francisco Castrellón Garza[33]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024[4]	Martha Olivia García Vidaña [es][5]		2024–2027	66th Congress

Presidential elections

Durango's 1st district

Election	District won by	Party or coalition	%
2018[34]	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Juntos Haremos Historia	41.4673
2024[35]	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo	Sigamos Haciendo Historia	58.2177

Notes

1. The municipality of Durango is split with the 4th district.
2. On 13 February 2018, García Navarro resigned as a member of the PRI's congressional group and aligned himself with Morena.^[29]