First Federal Electoral District of Coahuila


The First Federal Electoral District of Coahuila 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 seven such districts in the state of Coahuila.
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, Coahuila's First District covers the municipalities of
Acuña, Allende, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jiménez, Morelos, Nava, Piedras Negras, Villa Unión and Zaragoza.
The district's head town , where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Piedras Negras.

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the First District's territory was in the north and north-east region of the state and covered the municipalities of Acuña, Allende, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jiménez, Morelos, Múzquiz, Nava, Piedras Negras, Villa Unión and Zaragoza.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district