It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative session 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 first region.[2][3]
The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Jocotepec. The district reported a population of 408,742 in the 2020 Census.[1]
Jalisco regained its 20th congressional seat in the 2017 redistricting process. The 17th district's head town was at Jocotepec and it covered 15 municipalities:[14][13]
Acatlán de Juárez, Atemajac de Brizulea, Cocula, Concepción de Buenos Aires, Chapala, Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Jocotepec, La Manzanilla de La Paz, Mazamitla, San Martín Hidalgo, Teocuitatlán de Corona, Tizapán El Alto, Tuxcueca, Villa Corona and Zacoalco de Torres.
2005–2017
Under the 2005 plan, Jalisco had 19 districts. This district's head town was at Jocotepec and it covered 18 municipalities:[15][16]
Acatlán de Juárez, Atoyac, Concepción de Buenos Aires, Chapala, Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Jocotepec, Juanacatlán, La Manzanilla de La Paz, Mazamitla, Poncitlán, Quitupan, Techaluta de Montenegro, Teocuitatlán de Corona, Tizapán El Alto, Tuxcueca, Valle de Juárez, Zacoalco de Torres and Zapotlanejo.
1996–2005
In the 1996 scheme, under which Jalisco lost a single-member seat, the district had its head town at Jocotepec and it comprised 16 municipalities.[17][16]
Acatlán de Juárez, Amacueca, Atemajac de Brizulea, Atoyac, Chapala, Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Jocotepec, Sayula, Tapalpa, Techaluta, Teocuitatlán de Corona, Tizapán El Alto, Tlacomulco de Zúñiga, Tuxcueca, Villa Corona and Zacoalco de Torres.
1978–1996
The 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, Jalisco's seat allocation rose from 13 to 20.[11] The restored 17th district's head town was at Zapopan and it covered a part of the city and of its surrounding municipality.[18]
↑ An amendment to Article 52 of the Constitution in 1928 changed the original provision of "one deputy per 60,000 inhabitants" to "one deputy per 100,000";[4][5] as a result, the size of the Chamber of Deputies fell from 281 in the 1928 election to 171 in 1934.[6]
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