Twelfth federal electoral district of Chiapas

Federal electoral districts of Chiapas since 2022

Chiapas under the 2017–2022 districting scheme

2005–2017 twelfth district shaded blue

The twelfth federal electoral district of Chiapas(Distrito electoral federal 12 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]}

The twelfth district of Chiapas was created in 1996. Between 1979 and 1996, the state had only nine congressional districts; the 1996 redistricting process increased the number to 12. ^[3] The three new districts elected their first deputies, to the 57th Congress, in the 1997 mid-terms.

District territory

Under the 2022 districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, ^[4] the 12th district comprises seven municipalities in the extreme south of the state:

• Cacahoatán, Frontera Hidalgo, Metapa, Suchiate, Tapachula, Tuxtla Chico and Unión Juárez. ^[5]

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Tapachula. ^[6]

Previous districting schemes

2017–2022

From 2017 to 2022 the district had same composition as in the 2017 plan. ^[7]

2005–2017

The district was located in the same basic region but comprised the municipalities of Frontera Hidalgo, Metapa, Suchiate, Tuxtla Chico and three-quarters of the municipality of Tapachula (the northern quarter was in the 11th district). The district's head town was the city of Tapachula. ^[8]

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, the district had a different configuration: it covered the municipality of Tapachula in its entirety, together with Cacahoatán and Unión Juárez, in addition to the others that it covered between 2005 and 2017. ^[9]

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

Twelfth federal electoral district of Chiapas

Deputy	Party	Legislature	Term	Election
Ranulfo Tonche Pacheco [10]		57th Congress	1997–2000	1997
Adolfo Zamora Cruz [11]		58th Congress	2000–2003	2000
Carlos Pano Becerra [12]		59th Congress	2003–2006	2003
Antonio de Jesús Díaz Athié [13]		60th Congress	2006–2009	2006
Sami David David [14]		61st Congress	2009–2012	2009
Antonio de Jesús Díaz Athié [15]		62nd Congress	2012–2015	2012
Samuel Alexis Chacón Morales [16]		63rd Congress	2015–2018	2015
José Luis Elorza Flores [17] [18]		64th Congress 65th Congress	2018–2021 2021–2024	2018 2021
Rosa Irene Urbina Castañeda [19]		66th Congress	2024–2027	2024

References and notes

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. Baños Martínez, Marco Antonio; Palacios Mora, Celia (2014). "Evolución territorial de los distritos electorales federales uninominales, 1977–2010" [Territorial evolution of the federal uninominal electoral districts, 1977–2010]. Investigaciones Geográficas (84). Mexico City: Instituto de Geografía, UNAM: 92. doi:10.14350/rig.34063 . Retrieved 3 July 2024.
4. 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.
5. "Cartografía electoral federal 2023". Diario de Chiapas. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
6. "Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021-2023" (PDF). Instituto Nacional Electoral. p. 214. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
7. "Chiapas: Descriptivo de la distritacion federal, marzo 2017" (PDF). Cartografía. Instituto Nacional Electoral. March 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
8. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chiapas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
9. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chiapas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
10. "Perfil: Dip. Ranulfo Tonche Pacheco, LVII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
11. "Perfil: Dip. Adolfo Zamora Cruz, LVIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
12. "Perfil: Dip. Carlos Pano Becerra, LIX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
13. "Perfil: Dip. Antonio de Jesús Díaz Athié, LX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
14. "Perfil: Dip. Sami Gabriel David David, LXI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
15. "Perfil: Dip. Antonio de Jesús Díaz Athié, LXII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
16. "Perfil: Dip. Samuel Alexis Chacón Morales, LXIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
17. "Perfil: Dip. José Luis Elorza Flores, LXIV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
18. "Perfil: Dip. José Luis Elorza Flores, LXV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
19. "Distrito 12. Tapachula". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 22 June 2024.

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