Third federal electoral district of Chiapas

Federal electoral districts of Chiapas since 2022

Chiapas under the 2017–2022 districting scheme

2005–2017 third district shaded blue

The third federal electoral district of Chiapas(Distrito electoral federal 03 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] the third district of Chiapas covers five municipalities in the east of the state:

• Benemérito de las Américas, Chilón, Marqués de Comillas, Ocosingo and Sitalá. ^[4]

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

Previous districting schemes

2017–2022

In the 2017 plan, the district had the same configuration as at present. ^[6]

2005–2017

The third district was located in the extreme east of the state and covered much of the Lacandon Jungle. It comprised the municipalities of Altamirano, Benemérito de las Américas, Chanal, Las Margaritas, Maravilla Tenejapa, Marqués de Comillas, Ocosingo and Oxchuc. ^[7]

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, the third district was broadly the same as under the 2005 scheme, with the following differences:

• Chanal was a part of the eighth district.
• The third district also included San Juan Cancuc and Sitalá.
• Benemérito de las Américas, Maravilla Tenejapa and Marqués de Comillas had not yet been given municipal status; however, they belonged to the municipality of Ocosingo and so were therefore included in the district. ^[8]

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

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

Third federal electoral district of Chiapas

Legislature	Term	Election	Deputy	Party
50th Congress	1976–1979	1976	Homero Tovilla Cristiani
51st Congress	1979–1982	1979	Leyver Martínez González
52nd Congress	1982–1985	1982	Homero Tovilla Cristiani
53rd Congress	1985–1988	1985	Homero Díaz Córdova
54th Congress	1988–1991	1988	José Javier Culebro Siles
55th Congress	1991–1994	1991	Juan Carlos Bonifaz Trujillo
56th Congress	1994–1997	1994	Alí Cancino Herrera
57th Congress	1997–2000	1997	Norberto Sántiz López
58th Congress	2000–2003	2000	Santiago López Hernández [9]
59th Congress	2003–2006	2003	Juan Antonio Gordillo [10]
60th Congress	2006–2009	2006	Elmar Díaz Solórzano [11]
61st Congress	2009–2012	2009	Luis Hernández Cruz [12]
62nd Congress	2012–2015	2012	Amilcar Augusto Villafuerte Trujillo [13]
63rd Congress	2015–2018	2015	Jorge Álvarez López [14]
64th Congress	2018–2021	2018	Alfredo Vázquez Vázquez [15]
65th Congress	2021–2024	2021
66th Congress	2024–2027	2024	Alfredo Vázquez Vázquez [16]

References

1. "How Mexico Elects Its Leaders — The Rules". Mexico Solidarity Project. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
2. "Circunscripciones" (PDF). ayuda.ine.mx. Instituto Nacional Electoral . Retrieved 20 July 2024.
3. De la Rosa, Yared (20 February 2023). "Nueva distritación electoral le quita diputados a la CDMX y le agrega a Nuevo León". Forbes México. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
4. "Cartografía electoral federal 2023". Diario de Chiapas. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
5. "Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021-2023" (PDF). Instituto Nacional Electoral. p. 214. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
6. "Chiapas: Descriptivo de la distritacion federal, marzo 2017" (PDF). Cartografía. Instituto Nacional Electoral. March 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
7. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chiapas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
8. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chiapas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
9. "Perfil: Dip. Santiago López Hernández, LVIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 10 July 2024.
10. "Perfil: Dip. Juan Antonio Gordillo Reyes, LIX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 10 July 2024.
11. "Perfil: Dip. Elmar Darinel Díaz Solórzano, LX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 10 July 2024.
12. "Perfil: Dip. Luis Hernández Cruz, LXI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 10 July 2024.
13. "Perfil: Dip. Amílcar Augusto Villafuerte Trujillo, LXII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 10 July 2024.
14. "Perfil: Dip. Jorge Álvarez López, LXIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 10 July 2024.
15. "Perfil: Dip. Alfredo Vázquez Vázquez, LXV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 10 July 2024.
16. "Distrito 3. Ocosingo". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

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