The 29th federal electoral district of the Federal District () is a defunct federal electoral district of Mexico. Occupying a portion of what is today Mexico City, it was in existence from 1979 to 2005.
During that time, it returned one deputy to the Chamber of Deputies for each three-year legislative session by means of the first-past-the-post system, electing its first in the 1979 mid-term election and its last in the 2003 mid-terms. Votes cast in the district also counted towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the country's electoral regions.
The 28th, 29th and 30th districts were abolished by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) in its 2005 redistricting process because the capital's population no longer warranted that number of seats in Congress. They were not contested in the 2006 general election.
District territory + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Mexico City (Federal District) 27 40 30 27 24 22 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
1996–2005 In its final form, when the capital comprised 30 districts, the 29th was located in the south of the city, covering the north-eastern urban parts of the borough of Tlalpan. The link contains a detailed description of the 1996 district's territory. The link contains maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes.
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, the Federal District's seat allocation rose from 27 to 40. The 29th district covered portions of the boroughs of Azcapotzalco and Gustavo A. Madero in the north of the city. The link contains an exact description of the district's territory.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Federal District's 29th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1979Isabel Vivanco Montalvo 1979–198251st Congress1982Manuel Álvarez González 1982–198552nd Congress1985 1985–198853rd Congress1988Guillermo Islas Olguín 1988–199154th Congress1991 1991–199455th Congress1994Alfonso Reyes Medrano 1994–199756th Congress1997Sergio Marcelino George Cruz1997–200057th Congress2000Concepción Salazar González2000–200358th Congress2003Susana Manzanares Córdova2003–200659th Congress
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