The fifth federal electoral district of Chihuahua (Distrito electoral federal 05 de Chihuahua) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of nine such districts currently operating in the state of Chihuahua.
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. Votes cast in this district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the first region.[1] [2]
Under the 2022 districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,[3] the district covers the state's eastern municipalities: Aldama, Aquiles Serdán, Camargo, Coyame del Sotol, Delicias, La Cruz, Jiménez, Julimes, Manuel Benavides, Meoqui, Ojinaga, Rosales, San Francisco de Conchos and Saucillo. Its head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Delicias.[4]
Between 2017 and 2022 the fifth district comprised the same municipalities as in the 2022 plan, with its head town at Delicias.[5]
Under the 2005 districting scheme, the fifth district was located in the east of the state, but its configuration was slightly different. It covered the municipalities of Aldama, Allende, Aquiles Serdán, Camargo, Coronado, Coyame del Sotol, Delicias, Jiménez, Julimes, La Cruz, López, Manuel Benavides, Meoqui, Ojinaga, Rosales, San Francisco de Conchos and Saucillo.[6] The head town was the city of Delicias.
Between 1996 and 2005, the fifth district was located in the same region of the state, with a slightly different configuration. It covered the municipalities of Aldama, Aquiles Serdán, Camargo, Coyame del Sotol, Delicias, Julimes, La Cruz, Manuel Benavides, Meoqui, Ojinaga, Rosales, San Francisco de Conchos and Saucillo.[7]
Between 1979 and 1996, the district was located in the west of the state, covering a large area of the Sierra Madre Occidental. It was centred on the city of Vicente Guerrero, Chihuahua.
| 1976 | 50th Congress | 1976–1979 | |||
| 1979 | Enrique Pérez González | 51st Congress | 1979–1982 | ||
| 1982 | Samuel Díaz Olguín | 52nd Congress | 1982–1985 | ||
| 1985 | 53rd Congress | 1985–1988 | |||
| 1988 | Jorge Esteban Sandoval | 54th Congress | 1988–1991 | ||
| 1991 | 55th Congress | 1991–1994 | |||
| 1994 | Saúl González Herrera | 56th Congress | 1994–1997 | ||
| 1997 | Ignacio Arrieta Aragón | 57th Congress | 1997–2000 | ||
| 2000 | César Reyes Roel | 58th Congress | 2000–2003 | ||
| 2003 | Fernando Álvarez Monje | 59th Congress | 2003–2006 | ||
| 2006 | Felipe González Ruiz | 60th Congress | 2006–2009 | ||
| 2009 | Guillermo Márquez Lizalde | 61st Congress | 2009–2012 | ||
| 2012 | Abraham Montes Alvarado | 62nd Congress | 2012–2015 | ||
| 2015 | Juan Antonio Meléndez Ortega | 63rd Congress | 2015–2018 | ||
| 2018 | 64th Congress | 2018–2021 | |||
| 2021 | Salvador Alcántar Ortega | 65th Congress | 2021–2022 2022–2023 | ||
| 2024 | Juan Antonio Meléndez Ortega[8] | 66th Congress | 2024–2027 |