Votes cast in the district also counted towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the country's electoral regions.

[1][2] Suspended in 1930,[a] Durango's 5th district was re-established as part of the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300.

[6] It was dissolved by the Federal Electoral Institute in 2005, when the state's population no longer warranted five districts.

Between its restoration and its dissolution, the 5th district comprised the southern half of the municipality of Durango, including a part of the state capital, Victoria de Durango.

The city also served as its head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations were gathered together and tallied.