Fifth federal electoral district of Chiapas

Federal electoral districts of Chiapas since 2022

Chiapas under the 2017–2022 districting scheme

2005–2017 fifth district shaded blue

The fifth federal electoral district of Chiapas(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.

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 this district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the third region. ^{[1] [2]}

District territory

Under the 2022 districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, ^[3] Chiapas's fifth district covers five municipalities in the central region of the state:

• Chamula, San Cristóbal de las Casas, San Juan Cancuc, Tenejapa and Zinacantán. ^[4]

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas. ^[5]

Previous districting schemes

2017–2022

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. ^[6]

2005–2017

In 2005–2017, the fifth 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. ^[7]

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, the fifth 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. ^[8]

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. ^[9] The fifth district had its head town at Tapachula and it covered eight municipalities. ^[10]

Deputies returned to Congress

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

Fifth federal electoral district of Chiapas

Election	Deputy	Party	Legislature	Term
1976	Gonzalo Esponda Zebadúa [11]		50th Congress	1976–1979
1979	Jaime Coutiño Esquinca [12]		51st Congress	1979–1982
1982	Faustino Roos Mazo [13]		52nd Congress	1982–1985
1985	Antonio Melgar Aranda [14]		53rd Congress	1985–1988
1988	César Ricardo Naumann Escobar [15]		54th Congress	1988–1991
1991	José Antonio Aguilar Bodegas [16]		55th Congress	1991–1994
1994	Hildiberto Ochoa Samayos [17]		56th Congress	1994–1997
1997	Gilberto Velasco Rodríguez [18]		57th Congress	1997–2000
2000	Nicolás Lorenzo Álvarez Martínez [19]		58th Congress	2000–2003
2003	Florencio Collazo Gómez [20]		59th Congress	2003–2006
2006	Jorge Mario Lescieur Talavera [21]		60th Congress	2006–2009
2009	Sergio Lobato García [22]		61st Congress	2009–2012
2012	Luis Gómez Gómez [23]		62nd Congress	2012–2015
2015	María Soledad Sandoval Martínez [24]		63rd Congress	2015–2018
2018	Clementina Marta Dekker Gómez [25]		64th Congress	2018–2021
2021	Yeimi Aguilar Cifuentes [26]		65th Congress	2021–2024
2024	Emilio Ramón Ramírez Guzmán [27]		66th Congress	2024–2027

References

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