Third federal electoral district of Chiapas explained

The third federal electoral district of Chiapas (Distrito electoral federal 03 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 is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,[3] the third district of Chiapas covers five municipalities in the east 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 Ocosingo.[5]

With Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 82% of its population, it is officially classified by the National Electoral Institute (INE) as an indigenous district.[4]

Previous districting schemes

2017–2022In the 2017 plan, the district had the same configuration as at present.[6]
2005–2017The third district was located in the extreme east of the state and covered much of the Lacandon Jungle.It comprised the municipalities of Altamirano, Benemérito de las Américas, Chanal, Las Margaritas, Maravilla Tenejapa, Marqués de Comillas, Ocosingo and Oxchuc.[7]
1996–2005 Between 1996 and 2005, the third district was broadly the same as under the 2005 scheme, with the following differences:
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 third district had its head town at Comitán de Domínguez and it covered 15 municipalities.[10]

Deputies returned to Congress

Third federal electoral district of Chiapas! Election!! Deputy !! Party !! Term !! Legislature
1976Homero Tovilla Cristiani[11] 1976–197950th Congress
1979Leyver Martínez González[12] 1979–198251st Congress
1982Homero Tovilla Cristiani[13] 1982–198552nd Congress
1985Homero Díaz Córdova[14] 1985–198853rd Congress
1988José Javier Culebro Siles[15] 1988–199154th Congress
1991Juan Carlos Bonifaz Trujillo[16] 1991–199455th Congress
1994Alí Cancino Herrera[17] 1994–199756th Congress
1997Norberto Sántiz López[18] 1997–200057th Congress
2000Santiago López Hernández[19] 2000–200358th Congress
2003Juan Antonio Gordillo[20] 2003–200659th Congress
2006Elmar Díaz Solórzano[21] 2006–200960th Congress
2009Luis Hernández Cruz[22] 2009–201261st Congress
2012Amílcar Villafuerte Trujillo[23] 2012–201562nd Congress
2015Jorge Álvarez López[24] 2015–201863rd Congress
2018Alfredo Vázquez Vázquez[25] 2018–202164th Congress
2021Alfredo Vázquez Vázquez[26] 2021–202465th Congress
2024Alfredo Vázquez Vázquez[27] 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 . 9 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 . 9 November 2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081118235922/http://www.ife.org.mx/documentos/DISTRITOS/pdf/PLANOS/07_COMP_090205.pdf . 18 November 2008 .
  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. Santiago López Hernández, LVIII Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 10 July 2024.
  20. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Juan Antonio Gordillo Reyes, LIX Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 10 July 2024.
  21. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Elmar Darinel Díaz Solórzano, LX Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 10 July 2024.
  22. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Luis Hernández Cruz, LXI Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 10 July 2024.
  23. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Amílcar Augusto Villafuerte Trujillo, LXII Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 10 July 2024.
  24. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Jorge Álvarez López, LXIII Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 10 July 2024.
  25. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Alfredo Vázquez Vázquez, LXV Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 10 July 2024.
  26. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Alfredo Vázquez Vázquez, LXV Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 10 July 2024.
  27. Web site: Chiapas Distrito 3. Ocosingo . Cómputos Distritales 2024 . . 27 June 2024.