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Seventeenth Federal Electoral District of the Federal District

Seventeenth Federal Electoral District of the Federal District

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The Seventeenth Federal Electoral District of the Federal District (XVII 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.

District territory

Under the 2005 districting scheme, the DF's Seventeenth District covers the whole of the borough (delegación) of Cuajimalpa, plus that portion of the borough of Álvaro Obregón not covered by either the 16th or 26th Districts.[1]

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the 17th District covered the whole of Cuajimalpa, plus a portion of Álvaro Obregón located in the north of the borough.[2]

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

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References and notes

  1. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado del Distrito Federal" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  2. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación 1996 del Distrito Federal" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2008.


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