The 2nd federal electoral district of Sinaloa () 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 seven 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 first region. The current member for the district, elected in the

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, is of the

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(Morena).

District territory

Under the

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's 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the

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and

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federal elections, the second district is located in the north-west of the state and comprises the 482

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s () that make up the municipality of

Ahome Ahome () is a municipality on the coast of the Gulf of California in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, being the westernmost municipality in Sinaloa; it is adjacent to the southern border of Sonora state. It reported 388,344 ...

. The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of

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, the municipal seat of Ahome. The district reported a population of 462,209 in the 2020 Census.

Previous districting schemes

1996–2022
:Under the 1996, 2005 and 2017 districting plans, the 2nd district had the same configuration as under the 2022 scheme, covering the municipality of Ahome. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 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, Sinaloa's seat allocation rose from five to nine. The 2nd district comprised the municipality of

Guasave Guasave () is a city and the seat of the homonymous municipality known as the Agricultural Heart of Mexico (El Corazon Agricola de Mexico) in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It is located in the northwestern part of Mexico, 62km (38 miles) southeas ...

Deputies returned to Congress

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