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Second Federal Electoral District of Colima

Second Federal Electoral District of Colima

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The Second Federal Electoral District of Colima (II Distrito Electoral Federal de Colima) 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 two such districts in the state of Colima.

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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 Second District of Colima covers the municipalities in the south and west part of the state: Armería, Manzanillo, Minatitlán and Tecomán.[1]

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Manzanillo.

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the district had the same composition as at present, with the exception that it also covered Ixtlahuacán, which was transferred to the First District in 2005.[2]

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

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References

  1. [1]
    Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado del estado de Colima" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  2. [2]
    Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación 1996 del estado de Colima" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
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