The fifth federal electoral district of Durango (Distrito electoral federal 05 de Durango) is a defunct Mexican electoral district. During its existence, it returned one deputy to the Chamber of Deputies for each three-year legislative period by means of the first-past-the-post system. Votes cast in the district also counted towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the country's electoral regions.[1] [2]
Suspended in 1930,Durango's fifth district was re-established as part of the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under the reforms, Durango's seat allocation rose from four to six.[3] It was dissolved in 2005, when the state's population no longer warranted five districts.[4] The re-established fifth district was therefore first contested in the 1979 mid-term election and it elected its last deputy in the 2003 mid-terms.
Between its creation and its dissolution, the fifth district comprised the southern half of the municipality of Durango, including a part of the state capital, Victoria de Durango. The city also served as its head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations were gathered together and collated.[5] [6]
| The fifth district was suspended between 1930 and 1977 | |||||
| 1979 | Gonzalo Salas Rodríguez[7] | 1979–1982 | 51st Congress | ||
| 1982 | Juan Arizmendi Hernández[8] | 1982–1985 | 52nd Congress | ||
| 1985 | Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier[9] | 1985–1988 | 53rd Congress | ||
| 1988 | Leodegario Soto Cesaretti[10] | 1988–1991 | 54th Congress | ||
| 1991 | Gabriela Irma Avelar Villegas[11] | 1991–1994 | 55th Congress | ||
| 1994 | José Roberto Arreola Arreola[12] | 1994–1997 | 56th Congress | ||
| 1997 | Alejandro González Yáñez[13] Santiago Pedro Cortés[14] | 1997–1998 1998–2000 | 57th Congress | ||
| 2000 | Rodolfo Dorador Pérez Gavilán[15] | 2000–2003 | 58th Congress | ||
| 2003 | Pedro Ávila Nevárez[16] | 2003–2006 | 59th Congress | ||