2nd federal electoral district of Chihuahua

The 2nd federal electoral district of Chihuahua (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 02 de Chihuahua) 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 Chihuahua.^[1]

Chihuahua's 2nd
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
Chihuahua's 2nd district since 2022
Incumbent
Member	Maité Vargas Meraz [es]
Party	▌Morena
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	Chihuahua
Head town	Ciudad Juárez
Coordinates	31°44′N 106°29′W
Covers	Ahumada, Guadalupe, Juárez (part), Práxedis G. Guerrero
PR region	First
Precincts	307
Population	400,026 (2020 Census)

2nd district in 2017–2022

2nd district in 2005–2017

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, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is Teresita de Jesús Vargas Meraz [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 2nd district covers the south of Ciudad Juárez and the adjacent municipalities of Ahumada, Guadalupe and Práxedis G. Guerrero, for a total of 307 electoral precincts (secciones electorales).^[7][8][a]

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Ciudad Juárez. The district reported a population of 400,026 in the 2020 Census.^[1]

Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers

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

2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022 the district comprised the municipalities of Ahumada, Ascensión, Buenaventura, Casas Grandes, Galeana, Guadalupe, Ignacio Zaragoza, Janos, Nuevo Casas Grandes and Práxedis G. Guerrero, together with the south of the municipality of Juárez and the southern portion of Ciudad Juárez.^[12][13]

2005–2017

Under the 2005 districting scheme, the 2nd district covered the western portion of Ciudad Juárez and of the surrounding municipality of Juárez.The head town was Ciudad Juárez.^[14][15]

1996–2005

Chihuahua lost its 10th district in the 1996 redistricting process. The 2nd district was relocated to the north of the state, with almost exactly the same configuration as in 2005–2017 plan.^[16][15]

1978–1996

The districting scheme in force from 1978 to 1996 was the result of the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under that plan, Chihuahua's seat allocation rose from six to ten.^[9] Between 1979 and 1996, the 2nd district was located in the south of the state, centred on the city of Hidalgo del Parral,^[17] an area covered by the 9th district under the 2023 scheme.^[8]

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

Chihuahua's 2nd district

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1916 [es]	Manuel M. Prieto [es][18][19]		1916–1917	Constituent Congress of Querétaro
...
1964	Florentina Villalobos Chaparro[20][b]		1964–1967	46th Congress
1967	Pablo Picharra Esparza[22]		1967–1970	47th Congress
1970	Diamantina Reyes Esparza [es][23]		1970–1973	48th Congress
1973	Luis Parra Orozco[24]		1973–1976	49th Congress
1976	Oswaldo Rodríguez González[25]		1976–1979	50th Congress
1979	Jesús Chávez Baeza[26]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Alfonso Cereceros Peña[27]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Jacinto Gómez Pasillas[28]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Rafael Chávez Rodríguez [es][29]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Edmundo Chacón Rodríguez[30]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Alfredo Amaya Medina[31]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Adalberto Balderrama[32]		1997–2000	57th Congress
2000	David Rodríguez Torres[33]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	Nora Yú Hernández[34]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	Lilia Merodio Reza[35]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	Héctor Murguía Lardizábal[36][c] Georgina Zapata Lucero[37]		2009–2010 2010–2012	61st Congress
2012	Ignacio Duarte Murillo[38]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Georgina Zapata Lucero[39]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018[40]	Maité Vargas Meraz [es][41]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021[42]	Maité Vargas Meraz [es][43]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024[4]	Maité Vargas Meraz [es][5]		2024–2027	66th Congress

Congressional results

The corresponding page on the Spanish-language Wikipedia contains full electoral results from 1964 to 2021.

Presidential elections

Chihuahua's 2nd district

Election	District won by	Party or coalition	%
2018[44]	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Juntos Haremos Historia	52.1247
2024[45]	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo	Sigamos Haciendo Historia	81.4016

Notes

1. The remainder of the municipality of Juárez is assigned to the 1st, 3rd and 4th districts.
2. Villalobos Chaparro's election for Chihuahua's 2nd in 1964 made her the PAN's first female deputy.^[21]
3. Murguía Lardizábal resigned his seat on 9 March 2010.