The 11th federal electoral district of Nuevo León () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which

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is divided for elections to the federal

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and one of 14 such districts in the

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. It elects one

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to the lower house of

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for each three-year legislative session by means of the

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system. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the second region. The 11th district was created by the 1977 electoral reforms and was first contested in the 1979 mid-term election. of the National Action Party (PAN) was re-elected for the district in the

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, but requested an indefinite leave of absence from his congressional duties on 2 April 2025. He was replaced by his daughter and alternate, Samantha Margarita Garza de la Garza.

District territory

In its 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the

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and

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federal elections, the

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(INE) increased Nuevo León's congressional seat allocation from 12 to 14. The reconfigured 11th district is in the

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and covers 222 electoral precincts () in the municipality of Guadalupe. Its head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Guadalupe. The district reported a population of 417,573 in the 2020 Census.

Previous districting schemes

2017–2022 :Between 2017 and 2022, the district comprised 200 precincts in the municipality of Guadalupe. The 8th district covered the remainder of the municipality. 2005–2017 :Under the 2005 districting plan, the district covered 122 precincts in the south of the municipality of Guadalupe, with the northern sector assigned to the 8th district. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes. 1996–2005 :From 1996 to 2005, the district covered 169 precincts in the south of the municipality of Guadalupe, with the northern sector assigned to the 8th district. 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 newly created 11th district's head town was at Santa Catarina and it covered the municipalities of Allende, Cadereyta Jiménez, Montemorelos, Rayones, Santa Catarina and Santiago.

Deputies returned to Congress

Presidential elections

Notes

References

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