The Fifteenth Federal Electoral District of the Federal District (XV Distrito Electoral Federal del Distrito Federal) is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 27 such districts in the Federal District ("DF" or Mexico City).
It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative period, by means of the first past the post system.
District territory
Under the 2005 districting scheme, the DF's Fifteenth District covers the whole of the borough (delegación) of Benito Juárez.
Previous districting schemes
1996–2005 district
Between 1996 and 2005, the 15th District covered all of the borough of Benito Juárez, with the exception of its easternmost fringe.
Deputies returned to Congress from this district
XLIV Legislature
1958–1961: Juan José Osorio Palacios (PRI) XLV Legislature 1961–1964: XLVI Legislature 1964–1967: XLVII Legislature 1967–1970: XLVIII Legislature 1970–1973: XLIX Legislature 1973–1976: L Legislature 1976–1979: Juan José Osorio Palacios (PRI) LI Legislature 1979–1982: José Herrera Arango (PRI) LII Legislature 1982–1985: Juan José Osorio Palacios (PRI) LIII Legislature 1985–1988: LIV Legislature 1988–1991: LV Legislature 1991–1994: LVI Legislature 1994–1997: Javier Pineda y Serino (PRI) LVII Legislature 1997–2000: José Espina (PAN) LVIII Legislature 2000–2003: José Manuel Minjares Jiménez (PAN) LIX Legislature 2003–2006: Federico Döring (PAN) LX Legislature 2006–2007: José Manuel Minjares Jiménez (PAN) 2007–2009: Rosaura Virginia Denegre Vaught (PAN)
