The Fifth Federal Electoral District of the Federal District (V 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 2008 districting scheme, the DF's Fifth District covers the northern portion of the borough (delegación) of Tlalpan (i.e., most of the urban sector of the borough.
Previous districting schemes
1996–2005 district
Between 1996 and 2005, the Fifth District covered the northern portion of the borough of Miguel Hidalgo.
Deputies returned to Congress from this district
LI Legislature
1976–1979: Miguel Molina Herrera (PRI) LI Legislature 1979–1982: Juan Araiza Cabrales (PRI) LII Legislature 1982–1985: Miguel Angel Morado Garrido (PRI) LIII Legislature 1985–1988: LIV Legislature 1988–1991: Ramón Choreño Sánchez (PRI) LV Legislature 1991–1994: LVI Legislature 1994–1997: Francisco Martínez Rivera (PRI) LVII Legislature 1997–2000: Ignacio Arrieta Aragón (PRI) LVIII Legislature 2000–2003: Jesús López Sandoval (PAN) LIX Legislature 2003–2006: Francisco Javier Carrillo (PRD) LX Legislature 2006–2009: Maricela Contreras Julián (PRD)