Fifth federal electoral district of Chiapas explained

The fifth federal electoral district of Chiapas (Distrito electoral federal 05 de Chiapas) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 13 such districts in the state of Chiapas.

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. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the third region.[1] [2]

District territory

Under the 2022 districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,[3] Chiapas's fifth district covers five municipalities in the central region of the state:

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas.[5]

With Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 69% of its population, it is officially classified by the National Electoral Institute (INE) as an indigenous district.[4]

Previous districting schemes

2017–2022Between 2017 and 2022, in addition to the five it comprises in the 2022 plan, the district also covered the municipality of San Lucas. The head town was at San Cristóbal de Las Casas.[6]
2005–2017In 2005–2017, the fifth district was located in the Chiapas Highlands north-western portion of the state and covered the municipalities ofAmatenango del Valle, Chamula, Huixtán, Mitontic, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Tenejapa, Teopisca and Zinacantán. The head town was at San Cristóbal de Las Casas.[7]
1996–2005 Between 1996 and 2005, the fifth district had a slightly different configuration. It covered the following municipalities:
1978–1996The districting scheme in force from 1978 to 1996 was the result of the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under that plan, Chiapas's seat allocation rose from six to nine.[9] The fifth district had its head town at Tapachula and it covered eight municipalities.[10]

Deputies returned to Congress

Deputy !!class="unsortable"
Party !Term Legislature
1976Gonzalo Esponda Zebadúa[11] 1976–197950th Congress
1979Jaime Coutiño Esquinca[12] 1979–198251st Congress
1982Faustino Roos Mazo[13] 1982–198552nd Congress
1985Antonio Melgar Aranda[14] 1985–198853rd Congress
1988César Ricardo Naumann Escobar[15] 1988–199154th Congress
1991José Antonio Aguilar Bodegas[16] 1991–199455th Congress
1994Hildiberto Ochoa Samayos[17] 1994–199756th Congress
1997Gilberto Velasco Rodríguez[18] 1997–200057th Congress
2000Nicolás Lorenzo Álvarez Martínez[19] 2000–200358th Congress
2003Florencio Collazo Gómez[20] 2003–200659th Congress
2006Jorge Mario Lescieur Talavera[21] 2006–200960th Congress
2009Sergio Lobato García[22] 2009–201261st Congress
2012Luis Gómez Gómez[23] 2012–201562nd Congress
2015María Soledad Sandoval Martínez[24] 2015–201863rd Congress
2018Clementina Marta Dekker Gómez[25] 2018–202164th Congress
2021Yeimi Aguilar Cifuentes[26] 2021–202465th Congress
2024[27] Emilio Ramón Ramírez Guzmán[28] 2024–202766th Congress

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: How Mexico Elects Its Leaders — The Rules . Mexico Solidarity Project . 20 July 2024 . 31 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Circunscripciones . ayuda.ine.mx . . 20 July 2024.
  3. News: De la Rosa . Yared . Nueva distritación electoral le quita diputados a la CDMX y le agrega a Nuevo León . 29 May 2024 . Forbes México . 20 February 2023.
  4. News: Cartografía electoral federal 2023 . 10 July 2024 . Diario de Chiapas . 6 March 2023.
  5. Web site: Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021–2023 . 228 . . 21 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240528223340/https://cartografia.ife.org.mx/documentacion/memoria-de-la-distritacion-nacional21_23.pdf . 28 May 2024.
  6. Web site: Chiapas: Descriptivo de la distritacion federal, marzo 2017. Cartografía . . 10 July 2024 . March 2017.
  7. Web site: Condensado de Chiapas . 10 November 2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081119000148/http://www.ife.org.mx/documentos/DISTRITOS/PDF_CES/PDF_CES_CHIS.pdf . 19 November 2008 .
  8. Web site: Distritación de 1996 de Chiapas . 10 November 2008 . . 18 November 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081118235922/http://www.ife.org.mx/documentos/DISTRITOS/pdf/PLANOS/07_COMP_090205.pdf . dead .
  9. Book: González Casanova . Pablo . Pablo González Casanova . Las Elecciones en México: evolución y perspectivas . 1993 . Siglo XXI . 9789682313219 . 3 . 219 . 25 July 2024.
  10. Web site: Chiapas . División del Territorio de la República en 300 Distritos Electorales Uninominales para Elecciones Federales . . 25 July 2024 . 13 . 29 May 1978. The link provides a list of the constituent municipalities.
  11. Web site: Legislatura 50 . . 24 July 2024.
  12. Web site: Legislatura 51 . . 24 July 2024.
  13. Web site: Legislatura 52 . . 24 July 2024.
  14. Web site: Legislatura 53 . . 24 July 2024.
  15. Web site: Legislatura 54 . . 24 July 2024.
  16. Web site: Legislatura 55 . . 24 July 2024.
  17. Web site: Legislatura 56 . . 24 July 2024.
  18. Web site: Legislatura 57 . . 24 July 2024.
  19. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Nicolás Lorenzo Álvarez Martínez, LVIII Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 25 July 2024.
  20. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Florencio Collazo Gómez, LIX Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 10 July 2024.
  21. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Jorge Mario Lescieur Talavera, LX Legislature . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 10 July 2024.
  22. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Sergio Lobato García, LXI Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 10 July 2024.
  23. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Luis Gómez Gómez, LXII Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 10 July 2024.
  24. Web site: Perfil: Dip. María Soledad Sandoval Martínez, LXIII Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 10 July 2024.
  25. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Clementina Marta Dekker Gómez, LXIV Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 10 July 2024.
  26. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Yeimi Yazmín Aguilar Cifuentes, LXV Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 10 July 2024.
  27. Web site: Chiapas Distrito 5. San Cristóbal de Las Casas . Cómputos Distritales 2024 . . 27 June 2024.
  28. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Emilio Ramón Ramírez Guzmán, LXVI Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 3 September 2024 .

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