title: Eighteenth Federal Electoral District of the Federal District
text: # Eighteenth Federal Electoral District of the Federal District
  
  The Eighteenth Federal Electoral District of the Federal District (XVIII 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 Eighteenth District covers the northern portion of the borough (delegación) of Iztapalapa.
  
  ## Previous districting schemes
  
  ### 1996–2005 district
  
  Between 1996 and 2005, the 18th District was located in the same area, and covered practically the same area of Iztapalapa.
  
  ## Deputies returned to Congress from this district
  
  * L Legislature
     * 1976–1979: Hugo Díaz Velázquez (PRI)
  * LI Legislature
     * 1979–1982: Leobardo Salgado Arroyo (PRI)
  * LII Legislature
     * 1982–1985: Joaquín del Olmo Reyes (PRI)
  * LIII Legislature
     * 1985–1988:
  * LIV Legislature
     * 1988–1991:
  * LV Legislature
     * 1991–1994:
  * LVI Legislature
     * 1994–1997: Armando Gamboa Enríquez (PRI)
  * LVII Legislature
     * 1997–2000: Ángel de la Rosa Blanco (PRD)
  * LVIII Legislature
     * 2000–2003: Raúl García Velázquez (PAN)
  * LIX Legislature
     * 2003–2006: Horacio Martínez Meza (PRD)
  * LX Legislature
     * 2006–2009: David Mendoza Arellano (PRD)
  
  ## References and notes
  
  * ↑ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado del Distrito Federal" (PDF). Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  * ↑ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación 1996 del Distrito Federal" (PDF). Retrieved 17 November 2008.
  