The 6th federal electoral district of Baja California () 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 in the state of Baja California.
It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative session by means of the first-past-the-post system. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the first region.
The 6th district was created by the 1977 electoral reforms and was first contested in the 1979 mid-term election. The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Gilberto Herrera Solórzano of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
District territory Under its 2023 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the National Electoral Institute increased Baja California's seat allocation from eight to nine. The 6th district covers 286 precincts () in the north-west of the municipality of Tijuana, adjacent to the Pacific Ocean and the U.S. border.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Tijuana. The district reported a population of 424,896 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Baja California 3 6 6 8 8 9 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the 6th district covered 283 precincts in the north-west of the municipality of Tijuana. The head town was at Tijuana.
2005–2017 From 2005 to 2017, the district comprised the north-west portion of the municipality of Tijuana. The head town was at Tijuana. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
1996–2005 Between 1996 and 2005, the district was located in the north-west of the municipality of Tijuana. The head town was at Tijuana.
1978–1996 The districting scheme in force from 1978 to 1996 was the result of the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under that plan, Baja California's seat allocation rose from three to six. The newly created 6th district covered a part of the city of Tijuana and the rural part of its surrounding municipality.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Baja California's 6th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1979Rafael García Vázquez1979–198251st Congress1982Leopoldo Durán Rentería1982–198552nd Congress1985Jorge Salceda Vargas1985–198853rd Congress1988Mercedes Erdmann Baltazar1988–199154th Congress1991Carlos Tomás Esparza (Incorrectly attributed to the state of Colima in source.)1991–199455th Congress1994Jaime Cleofas Martínez Veloz1994–199756th Congress1997Francisca Haydee García Acedo1997–19991999–200057th Congress2000César Alejandro Monraz Sustaita2000–200358th Congress2003Víctor Manuel González Reyes2003–200659th Congress2006Luis Rodolfo Enríquez MartínezAlma Xóchitl Cardona Benavides 2006–200960th Congress2009Miguel Antonio Osuna Millán 2009–201261st Congress2012Jaime Chris López Alvarado2012–201562nd Congress2015María Luisa Sánchez Meza2015–201863rd Congress2018Javier Julián Castañeda Pomposo 2018–202164th Congress2021 2021–202465th Congress2024Gilberto Herrera Solórzano 2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Baja California's 6th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 62.03872024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 63.8440
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