3rd federal electoral district of Oaxaca

Oaxaca's 3rd
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
3rd district
Incumbent
Member	Margarita García García  [ es ]
Party	▌ Labour Party
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	Oaxaca
Head town	Huajuapan de León
Coordinates	17°48′N97°46′W / 17.800°N 97.767°W / 17.800; -97.767
Covers	98 municipalities [1]
PR region	Third
Precincts	280
Population	467,927 (2020 Census)
Indigenous	Yes (58%)

Oaxaca under the 2017–2022 districting plan

The 3rd federal electoral district of Oaxaca (Spanish : Distrito electoral federal 03 de Oaxaca) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 10 such districts in the state of Oaxaca. ^[2]

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. ^{[3] [4]}

The current member for the district, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is Margarita García García  [ es ] of the Labour Party (PT). ^{[5] [6]}

District territory

Under the 2023 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, ^[7] the 3rd district covers 280 precincts (secciones electorales) across 98 of the state's municipalities. ^{[8] [1] [a]}

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Huajuapan de León in the Mixteca region. The district reported a population of 467,927 in the 2020 Census and, with Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 58% of that total, it is classified by the INE as an indigenous district. ^{[2] [1] [b]}

Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers

	1974	1978	1996	2005	2017	2023
Oaxaca	9	10	11	11	10	10
Chamber of Deputies	196	300
Sources: [2] [11] [12] [13]

2017–2022

Oaxaca's 11th district was dissolved in the 2017 redistricting process. Under the 2017 to 2022 scheme, the 3rd district had its head town at Huajuapan de León and it covered 100 municipalities. ^{[13] [14]}

2005–2017

Between 2005 and 2017, the district's head town was at Huajuapan de León and it comprised 116 municipalities. ^{[15] [16]}

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2017, Oaxaca's seat allocation was increased to 11. Under the 1996 districting plan, the head town was at Huajuapan de León and it covered 88 municipalities. ^{[17] [16]}

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, Oaxaca's seat allocation rose from nine to ten. ^[11] The 3rd district had its head town at the state capital, Oaxaca de Juárez. ^[18]

Deputies returned to Congress

National parties
Current
	PAN
	PRI
	PT
	PVEM
	MC
	Morena
Defunct or local only
	PLM
	PNR
	PRM
	PNM
	PP
	PPS
	PARM
	PFCRN
	Convergencia
	PANAL
	PSD
	PES
	PES
	PRD

Oaxaca's 3rd district

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1916  [ es ]	Leopoldo Payán [19] [20]		1916–1917	Constituent Congress of Querétaro
...
1930	Jorge Meixueiro Hernández [21]		1930–1932	34th Congress  [ es ]
...
1979	Eleazar Santiago Cruz [22]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	María Encarnación Paz Méndez [23]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Jesús Martínez Álvarez [24]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Raúl Bolaños Cacho Guzmán  [ es ] [25]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Jorge Fernando Iturribarría Bolaños-Cacho  [ es ] [26]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	José Antonio Hernández Fraguas  [ es ] [27]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Germán Ramírez López [28]		1997–2000	57th Congress
2000	Miguel Ángel Moreno Tello [29]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	José Luis Tapia Palacios [30]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	Daisy Hernández Gaytán [31]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	Jorge González Ilescas [32]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	Gloria Bautista Cuevas [33]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Edith Yolanda López Velasco [34]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018 [35]	Margarita García García  [ es ] [36]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021 [37]	Margarita García García  [ es ] [38]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024 [5]	Margarita García García  [ es ] [6]		2024–2027	66th Congress

Presidential elections

Oaxaca's 3rd district

Election	District won by	Party or coalition	%
2018 [39]	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Juntos Haremos Historia	66.1296
2024 [40]	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo	Sigamos Haciendo Historia	73.0028

Notes

1. Oaxaca accounts for 3.3% of the country's population and 4.8% of its surface area, ^[9] but it contains almost a quarter of its municipalities: 570 out of 2,446 as of 2022. ^[10]
2. The INE deems any local or federal electoral district where Indigenous or Afrodescendent inhabitants number 40% or more of the total population to be an indigenous district. In the 2023 scheme, Oaxaca's 10 federal districts and 25 local districts are all indigenous. ^[2]

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