The 3rd federal electoral district of Nuevo León () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 14 such districts in the state of Nuevo León.
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 second region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
District territory Under the 2023 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, Nuevo León's congressional seat allocation rose from 12 to 14. The third district is in the northern part of the Monterrey metropolitan area and covers 158 electoral precincts () in the municipality of General Escobedo.
The district's head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of General Escobedo. The district reported a population of 470,320 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Nuevo León 7 11 11 12 12 14 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the district comprised the municipality of General Escobedo (124 precincts).
2005–2017 Under the 2005 districting plan, the district covered the whole of General Escobedo (64 precincts) and 74 precincts in the municipality of San Nicolás de los Garza. The head town was at General Escobedo. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
1996–2005 From 1996 to 2005, the district's head town was at San Nicolás de los Garza. It covered the northern portion of San Nicolás (87 precincts) and the whole of General Escobedo (64 precincts).
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, Nuevo León's seat allocation rose from 7 to 11. The 3rd district's head town was the state capital, Monterrey, and it covered a portion of that city. The link contains an exact description of the area covered.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Nuevo León's 3rd district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureLuis Ilizaliturri1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1979Luis Medina Peña1979–198251st Congress19821982–198552nd Congress1985Jesús Ricardo Canavati Tafich1985–198853rd Congress1988Felipe Onofre Zambrano Páez1988–199154th Congress19911991–199455th Congress19941994–199756th Congress1997Baldemar Tudón Martírez1997–200057th Congress2000Abel Guerra Garza2000–200358th Congress2003Eduardo Alonso Bailey Elizondo2003–200659th Congress2006José Luis Murillo Torres2006–200960th Congress2009Eduardo Alonso Bailey Elizondo2009–201261st Congress2012Abel Guerra Garza2012–201562nd Congress2015Juana Aurora Cavazos Cavazos2015–201863rd Congress2018José Luis García Duque 2018–202164th Congress2021Wendy Maricela Cordero González2021–202465th Congress20242024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Nuevo León's 3rd district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 39.14302024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 53.6743
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