4th federal electoral district of Baja California
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The 4th federal electoral district of Baja California ({{langx|es|Distrito electoral federal 04 de Baja California}}) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of nine such districts in the state of Baja California.{{cite web |title=Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021–2023 |url=https://cartografia.ife.org.mx/documentacion/memoria-de-la-distritacion-nacional21_23.pdf |publisher=INE |page=205 |access-date=10 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528223340/https://cartografia.ife.org.mx/documentacion/memoria-de-la-distritacion-nacional21_23.pdf |archive-date=28 May 2024}}
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 first region.{{cite web |title=How Mexico Elects Its Leaders – The Rules |url=https://mexicosolidarityproject.org/voices/172/ |website=Mexico Solidarity Project |access-date=10 April 2025 |date=31 January 2024}}{{cite web |title=Circunscripciones |url=https://ayuda.ine.mx/2021/informate/assets/docs/Elecciones/Circunscripciones.pdf |website=ayuda.ine.mx |publisher=INE |access-date=10 April 2025}}
The 4th district was created by the 1977 electoral reforms and was first contested in the 1979 mid-term election.
District territory
Under the 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, Baja California's seat allocation rose from eight to nine.{{cite news |last1=De la Rosa |first1=Yared |title=Nueva distritación electoral le quita diputados a la CDMX y le agrega a Nuevo León |url=https://www.forbes.com.mx/nueva-distritacion-electoral-le-quita-diputados-a-la-cdmx-y-le-agrega-a-nuevo-leon/ |access-date=10 April 2025 |work=Forbes México |date=20 February 2023}}
The 4th district covers 308 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) in the north-eastern sector of the municipality of Tijuana. The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Tijuana.{{cite web |title=Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral por el que se aprueba el proyecto de la demarcación territorial de los trescientos distritos electorales federales uninominales |url=https://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5680128&fecha=20/02/2023#gsc.tab=0 |website=Diario Oficial de la Federación |publisher=INE |access-date=10 April 2025 |date=20 February 2023}}{{efn|The 5th, 6th and 8th districts cover the remainder of the city.}}
Previous districting schemes
2017–2022
:Between 2017 and 2022, the 4th district covered 316 precincts in the east of the municipality of Tijuana. The head town was at Tijuana.{{cite web |title=Descriptivo de la distritacion federal: Baja California |url=http://cartografia.ife.org.mx/descargas/distritacion2017/federal/02/D02.pdf |website=Cartografía |publisher=INE |access-date=10 April 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230519031846/http://cartografia.ife.org.mx//descargas/distritacion2017/federal/02/D02.pdf |date=March 2017 |archive-date=19 May 2023}}
2005–2017
:From 2005 to 2017, the 4th district comprised the north-eastern portion of the municipality of Tijuana. The head town was at Tijuana.{{cite web |url = http://www.ife.org.mx/documentos/DISTRITOS/pdf/PLANOS/02_COMP_090205.pdf |title = Distritación 1996/2005 de Baja California |accessdate = 10 April 2025 |publisher= IFE |archive-date = 11 April 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090411020113/http://www.ife.org.mx/documentos/DISTRITOS/pdf/PLANOS/02_COMP_090205.pdf |url-status = dead}} The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.{{cite web |url = http://www.ife.org.mx/documentos/DISTRITOS/PDF_CES/PDF_CES_BC.pdf |title = Condensado de Baja California |accessdate=10 April 2025 |publisher= IFE |archive-date = 7 October 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091007031046/http://www.ife.org.mx/documentos/DISTRITOS/PDF_CES/PDF_CES_BC.pdf |url-status = dead }}
1996–2005
:Between 1996 and 2005, the district covered the east of the municipality of Tijuana. The head town was at Tijuana.
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, Baja California's seat allocation rose from three to six. The newly created 4th district covered a part of the city of Mexicali and a part of its surrounding municipality.{{cite web |title=Baja California |url=https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?cod_diario=202824&pagina=12&seccion=0 |website=División del Territorio de la República en 300 Distritos Electorales Uninominales para Elecciones Federales |publisher=Diario Oficial de la Federación |access-date=10 April 2025 |page=12 |date=29 May 1978}}
Deputies returned to Congress
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