Under the 2005 districting scheme, Quintana Roo's First District covers the municipalities of Cozumel, Isla Mujeres, Lázaro Cárdenas, Solidaridad, Tulum and non-urban area of the municipality of Benito Juárez (i.e., excluding the city and resort of Cancún) [REF].
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Playa del Carmen.