3rd federal electoral district of Durango
The 3rd federal electoral district of Durango is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of four such districts in the state of Durango.
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 deputies elected from the first region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Gerardo Villarreal Solís of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico.
District territory
Under the 2023 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,the 3rd district covers 414 electoral precincts across 18 municipalities in the centre and east of the state:
- Canatlán, Coneto de Comonfort, Cuencamé, Simón Bolívar, Guadalupe Victoria, Lerdo, Nazas, Nombre de Dios, Nuevo Ideal, Pánuco de Coronado , Peñón Blanco, Poanas, Rodeo, San Juan de Guadalupe, San Juan del Río, Santa Clara, Súchil and Vicente Guerrero.
Previous districting schemes
2017–20222005–2017
1996–2005
'''1978–1996'''
Deputies returned to Congress
| Election | Deputy | Party | Term | Legislature |
| 1916–1917 | Constituent Congress of Querétaro | |||
| 1917 | 1917–1918 | 27th Congress | ||
| 1918 | 1918–1920 | 28th Congress | ||
| 1920 | Salvador Franco Urias | 1920–1922 | 29th Congress | |
| Salvador Franco Urias | 1922–1924 | 30th Congress | ||
| 1924 | Juan Pablo Estrada | 1924–1926 | 31st Congress | |
| 1926 | Daniel R. Gutiérrez | 1926–1928 | 27th Congress | |
| 1928 | Daniel R. Gutiérrez | 1928–1930 | 33rd Congress | |
| 1930 | Lorenzo Gámiz | 1930–1932 | 34th Congress | |
| 1932 | Fernando Arenas | 1932–1934 | 35th Congress | |
| 1934 | Miguel Arrieta Vizcarra | 1934–1937 | 36th Congress | |
| 1937 | Ernesto Calderón R. | 1937–1940 | 37th Congress | |
| 1940 | Braulio Meraz Navárez | 1940–1943 | 38th Congress | |
| 1943 | Marino Castillo Nájera | 1943–1946 | 39th Congress | |
| 1946 | Ramiro Rodríguez Palafox | 1946–1949 | 40th Congress | |
| 1949 | Gustavo Durón González | 1949–1952 | 41st Congress | |
| 1952 | Ramiro Rodríguez Palafox | 1952–1955 | 42nd Congress | |
| 1955 | Juan Pescador Polanco | 1955–1958 | 43rd Congress | |
| 1958 | Enrique Wenceslao Sánchez García | 1958–1961 | 44th Congress | |
| 1961 | Agustín Ruiz Soto | 1961–1964 | 45th Congress | |
| 1964 | Enrique Wenceslao Sánchez García | 1964–1967 | 46th Congress | |
| 1967 | Juan Antonio Orozco Fierro | 1967–1970 | 47th Congress | |
| 1970 | Francisco Navarro Veloz | 1970–1973 | 48th Congress | |
| 1973 | Víctor Rocha Marín | 1973–1976 | 49th Congress | |
| 1976 | Salvador Reyes Nevares | 1976–1979 | 50th Congress | |
| 1979 | 1979–1982 | 51st Congress | ||
| 1982 | 1982–1985 | 52nd Congress | ||
| 1985 | Francisco Gamboa Herrera | 1985–1988 | 53rd Congress | |
| 1988 | Rubén Hernández Higuera | 1988–1991 | 54th Congress | |
| 1991 | Francisco Gamboa Herrera | 1991–1994 | 55th Congress | |
| 1994 | José Rosas Aispuro | 1994–1997 | 56th Congress | |
| 1997 | Juan Arizmendi Hernández | 1997–2000 | 57th Congress | |
| 2000 | Olga Margarita Uriarte Rico | 2000–2003 | 58th Congress | |
| 2003 | Fernando Adame de León | 2003–2006 | 59th Congress | |
| 2006 | José Rubén Escajeda Jiménez | 2006–2009 | 60th Congress | |
| 2009 | Óscar García Barrón | 2009–2012 | 61st Congress | |
| 2012 | José Rubén Escajeda Jiménez | 2012–2015 | 62nd Congress | |
| 2015 | Óscar García Barrón | 2015–2018 | 63rd Congress | |
| 2018 | Maribel Aguilera Cháirez | 2018–2021 | 64th Congress | |
| 2021 | Maribel Aguilera Cháirez Martha Alicia Arreola Martínez | 2021–2022 2022–2023 | 65th Congress | |
| 2024 | Gerardo Villarreal Solís | 2024–2027 | 66th Congress |