Fifteenth Federal Electoral District of the Federal District

The Fifteenth Federal Electoral District of the Federal District (XV 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.

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District territory

Under the 2005 districting scheme, the DF's Fifteenth District covers the whole of the borough (delegación) of Benito Juárez.[1]

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the 15th District covered all of the borough of Benito Juárez, with the exception of its easternmost fringe.[2]

Deputies returned to Congress from this district


Parties

 PAN
 PRI

PRD 
PT 
PVEM 
CON 
PNA 
PSD

References and notes

  1. ^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado del Distrito Federal". http://www.ife.org.mx/documentos/DISTRITOS/PDF_CES/PDF_CES_DF.pdf. Retrieved 18 November 2008. 
  2. ^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación 1996 del Distrito Federal". http://www.ife.org.mx/documentos/DISTRITOS/pdf/PLANOS/09_COMP_090205.pdf. Retrieved 17 November 2008. 
  3. ^ Minjares Jiménez requested a leave of absence from his Congressional seat on 13 October 2007 following his appointment as Undersecretary of the Public Function in the federal government of President Felipe Calderón. "Minjares Jiménez será el nuevo subsecretario de la Función Pública". Milenio. 13 December 2007. http://www.milenio.com/index.php/2007/12/13/162701/. Retrieved 13 December 2007.