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 Ciudad Guzmán, the municipal seat of Zapotlán el Grande. The district reported a population of 413,620 in the 2020 Census.[1]
Jalisco regained its 20th congressional seat in the 2017 redistricting process. The 19th district's head town was at Ciudad Guzmán and it covered 18 municipalities:[14][13]
Amacueca, Atoyac, Gómez Farías, Jilotlán de los Dolores, Santa María del Oro, Pihuamo, Quitupan, San Gabriel, Sayula, Tamazula de Gordiano, Tapalpa, Tecalitlán, Techaluta de Montenegro, Tonila, Tuxpan, Valle de Juárez, Zapotiltic and Zapotlán el Grande.
2005–2017
Under the 2005 plan, Jalisco had 19 districts. This district's head town was at Ciudad Guzmán and it covered 16 municipalities:[15][16]
Amacueca, Gómez Farías, Jilotlán de los Dolores, Santa María del Oro, Pihuamo, San Gabriel, Sayula, Tamazula de Gordiano, Tapalpa, Tecalitlán, Tolimán, Tonila, Tuxpan, Zapotiltic, Zapotitlán de Vadillo and Zapotlán el Grande.
1996–2005
In the 1996 scheme, under which Jalisco lost a single-member seat, the district had its head town at Ciudad Guzmán and it comprised 18 municipalities:[17][16]
Ciudad Guzmán, San Gabriel, Concepción de Buenos Aires, Gómez Farías, Jilotlán de los Dolores, Manuel M. Diéguez, La Manzanilla de La Paz, Mazamitla, Pihuamo, Quitupan, Tamazula de Gordiano, Tecalitlán, Tolimán, Tonila, Tuxpan, Valle de Juárez, Zapotiltic and Zapotitlán de Vadillo
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 19th district's head town was at Tamazula de Gordiano and it covered 16 municipalities:[18]
Concepción de Buenos Aires, Gómez Farías, Jilotlán de los Dolores, Manuel M. Diéguez, La Manzanilla de La Paz, Mazamitla, Pihuamo, Quitupan, Tamazula de Gordiano, Tecalitlán, Tizapán el Alto, Tonila, Tuxpan, Valle de Juárez, Zapotiltic and Zapotitlán de Vadillo.
↑ 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]
↑ Esquer Gutiérrez resigned his seat on 3 December 2018 and was replaced for the remainder of his term by his alternate, Del Toro Pérez.
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