2nd federal electoral district of Baja California

The 2nd federal electoral district of Baja California (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 02 de Baja California) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of nine such districts in the state of Baja California.^[1]

Baja California's 2nd
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
Incumbent
Member	Nancy Guadalupe Sánchez Arredondo
Party	▌Morena
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	Baja California
Head town	Mexicali
Coordinates	32°39′N 115°28′W
Covers	Municipality of Mexicali (part)
PR region	First
Precincts	229
Population	400,856 (2020 Census)

Baja California under the 2017–2022 districting scheme

Baja California's districts between 2005 and 2007

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 Nancy Guadalupe Sánchez Arredondo 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 second district covers 229 precincts (secciones electorales) in the western urban portion of the municipality of Mexicali.^[7][a]

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Mexicali. The district reported a population of 400,856 in the 2020 Census.^[1]

Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers

	1974	1978	1996	2005	2017	2023
Baja California	3	6	6	8	8	9
Chamber of Deputies	196	300
Sources: [1][8][9][10]

2005–2017

Under the 2005 redistricting process, Baja California's 2nd district was made of the northeast portion of the municipality of Mexicali, including the eastern section of the homonymous city and other cities in the Mexicali Valley such as Los Algodones. The district's head town was the city of Mexicali.^[11]

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, the district corresponded to the western portion of the city of Mexicali and was, at that time, the smallest of the state's electoral districts in terms of geographical area.^[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

Baja California's 2nd district

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1976	Alfonso Ballesteros Pelayo[12]		1976–1979	50th Congress
1979	Juan Villalpando Cuevas[13]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Martiníano Valdez Escobedo[14]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Rafael Sainz Moreno[15]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Bernardo Sánchez Ríos[16]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	José González Reyes[17]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Francisco Domínguez García[18]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	José Ricardo Fernández Candia[19]		1997–2000	57th Congress
2000	Alfonso Sánchez Rodríguez[20]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	Norberto Corella Torres[21]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	Dolores Manuell-Gómez Angulo[22]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	Francisco Javier Orduño Valdez[23]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	María Fernanda Schroeder Verdugo[24]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Luz Argelia Paniagua Figueroa[25]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018	Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda[26] Martha Lizeth Noriega Galaz[27]		2018–2019 2019–2021	64th Congress
2021	Julieta Ramírez Padilla[28]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024[4]	Nancy Guadalupe Sánchez Arredondo[5]		2024–2027	66th Congress

Presidential elections

Baja California's 2nd district

Election	District won by	Party or coalition	%
2018[29]	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Juntos Haremos Historia	55.4134
2024[30]	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo	Sigamos Haciendo Historia	60.6785

Notes

1. The 1st and 7th districts cover, respectively, the municipality's remaining urban and rural sectors.