Thirteenth federal electoral district of Chiapas explained
The thirteenth federal electoral district of Chiapas (Distrito electoral federal 13 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]
The district was created by the 2017 redistricting process and was first contested at the 2018 general election.
District territory
Under the 2022 districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,[3] the district covers 14 municipalities in the south of the state, including a portion of the border with Guatemala:
- Amatenango de la Frontera, Bejucal de Ocampo, La Grandeza, Huehuetán, Huixtla, Mazapa de Madero, Mazatán, Motozintla, El Porvenir, Siltepec, Tapachula, Tuzantán, Villa Comaltitlán and the new municipality of Honduras de la Sierra.[4]
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Huehuetán.[5]
Previous districting schemes
- 2017–2022From 2017 to 2022 the district was in the same part of the state but comprised a slightly different set of 13 municipalities: Amatenango de la Frontera, Bejucal de Ocampo, Bella Vista, Chicomuselo, La Grandeza, Huehuetan, Mazapa de Madero, Mazatán, Motozintla, El Porvenir, Siltepec, Tapachula and Tuzantán.[6]
Deputies returned to Congress
References
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Notes and References
- Web site: How Mexico Elects Its Leaders — The Rules . Mexico Solidarity Project . 20 July 2024 . 31 January 2024.
- Web site: Circunscripciones . ayuda.ine.mx . . 20 July 2024.
- 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.
- News: Cartografía electoral federal 2023 . 10 July 2024 . Diario de Chiapas . 6 March 2023.
- 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.
- Web site: Chiapas: Descriptivo de la distritacion federal, marzo 2017. Cartografía . . 10 July 2024 . March 2017.
- Web site: Perfil: Dip. Maricruz Roblero Gordillo, LXIV Legislatura . Legislative Information System . . 22 June 2024.
- Web site: Perfil: Dip. Luis Armando Melgar Bravo, LXV Legislatura . Legislative Information System . . 22 June 2024.
- Web site: Chiapas Distrito 13. Huehuetán . Cómputos Distritales 2024 . . 22 June 2024.
