5th federal electoral district of Chiapas

Chiapas's 5th
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
Incumbent
Member	Emilio Ramón Ramírez Guzmán
Party	▌ Morena
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	Chiapas
Head town	San Cristóbal de las Casas
Covers	Chamula, San Cristóbal de las Casas (part), San Juan Cancuc, Tenejapa, Zinacantán
Region	Third
Precincts	138
Population	447,249
Indigenous	Yes

Federal electoral districts of Chiapas since 2022

Chiapas under the 2017–2022 districting scheme

2005–2017 5th district shaded blue

The 5th federal electoral district of Chiapas (Spanish : Distrito electoral federal 05 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. ^[1]

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. ^{[2] [3]}

The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Emilio Ramón Ramírez Guzmán of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). ^{[4] [5]}

District territory

Under the National Electoral Institute's 2022 districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, ^[6] Chiapas's 5th district covers 138 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across five municipalities in the central region of the state: ^{[7] [8]}

• Chamula, San Cristóbal de Las Casas (part), ^[a] San Juan Cancuc, Tenejapa and Zinacantán.

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas. The district reported a population of 447,249 in the 2020 Census; ^[1] with Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 69% of its population, it is classified by the National Electoral Institute (INE) as an indigenous district. ^{[7] [b]}

Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers

	1972	1978	1996	2005	2017	2022
Chiapas	6	9	12	12	13	13
Chamber of Deputies	196	300
Sources: [1] [9] [10] [11]

2005–2017

Between 2017 and 2022, in addition to the five it comprises in the 2022 plan, the district also covered the municipality of San Lucas. The head town was at San Cristóbal de Las Casas. ^[12]

2005–2017

In 2005–2017, the 5th district was located in the Chiapas Highlands north-western portion of the state and covered the municipalities of

• Amatenango del Valle, Chamula, Huixtán, Mitontic, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Tenejapa, Teopisca and Zinacantán. The head town was at San Cristóbal de Las Casas. ^[13]

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, the district had a slightly different configuration. It covered the following municipalities:

• Chamula, Huixtan, Mitontic, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Tenejapa and Zinacantán, which remained part of the 2005–2017 composition, plus:
• Chalchihuitán, Chenalhó, Larráinzar and Pantelhó. ^[14]

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, Chiapas's seat allocation rose from six to nine. ^[15] The 5th district had its head town at Tapachula and it covered eight municipalities. ^[16]

Deputies returned to Congress

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

Fifth federal electoral district of Chiapas

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1976	Gonzalo Esponda Zebadúa [17]		1976–1979	50th Congress
1979	Jaime Coutiño Esquinca [18]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Faustino Roos Mazo [19]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Antonio Melgar Aranda [20]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	César Ricardo Naumann Escobar [21]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	José Antonio Aguilar Bodegas [22]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Hildiberto Ochoa Samayos [23]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Gilberto Velasco Rodríguez [24]		1997–2000	57th Congress
2000	Nicolás Lorenzo Álvarez Martínez [25]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	Florencio Collazo Gómez [26]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	Jorge Mario Lescieur Talavera [27]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	Sergio Lobato García [28]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	Luis Gómez Gómez [29]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	María Soledad Sandoval Martínez [30]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018	Clementina Marta Dekker Gómez [31]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021	Yeimi Aguilar Cifuentes [32]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024 [4]	Emilio Ramón Ramírez Guzmán [5]		2024–2027	66th Congress

Notes

1. The remainder of San Cristóbal de Las Casas is assigned to the 11th district.
2. The INE deems any local or federal electoral district where Indigenous or Afrodescendent inhabitants number 40% or more of the population to be an indigenous district. ^[1]

References

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