The Third Federal Electoral District of the Federal District (III 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 Third District covers the central and western portion of the borough (delegación) of Azcapotzalco.
Previous districting schemes
1996–2005 district
Between 1996 and 2005, the Third District covered the central portion of Azcapotzalco only.
Deputies returned to Congress from this district
XLII Legislature
1952–1955: Felipe Gómez Mont (PAN) XLIII Legislature 1955–1958: Patricio Aguirre Andrade (PAN) XLIV Legislature 1958–1961: Felipe Gómez Mont (PAN) XLV Legislature 1955–1958: Javier Blanco Sánchez (PAN) L Legislature 1976–1979: Carlos Riva Palacio (PRI) LI Legislature 1979–1982: Hugo Domenzáin Guzmán (PRI) LII Legislature 1982–1985: Carlos Jiménez Macías (PRI) LIII Legislature 1985–1988: LIV Legislature 1988–1991: Juan Francisco Díaz Aguirre (PRI) LV Legislature 1991–1994: LVI Legislature 1994–1997: Rogelio Zamora Barradas (PRI) LVII Legislature 1997–2000: Antonio Palomino Rivera (PRD) LVIII Legislature 2000–2003: José Pablo Arévalo González (PVEM) LIX Legislature 2003–2006: Pablo Franco Hernández (PRD) LX Legislature 2006–2009: Ramón Pacheco Llanes (PRD)