Sixth federal electoral district of Chiapas
The sixth federal electoral district of Chiapas (Distrito electoral federal 06 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.
District territory
Under the 2022 districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,[1] Chiapas's fifth district covers 10 municipalities:
- Acala, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapilla, Emiliano Zapata, Nicolás Ruiz, San Lucas, Suchiapa, Totolapa, Tuxtla Gutiérrez and Venustiano Carranza.[2]
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the state capital, the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez.[3]
Previous districting schemes
- 2017–2022
In 2017–2022, the district covered the municipalities of Acala, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapilla, Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Suchiapa, Totolapa and Tuxtla Gutiérrez. The head town was at Tuxtla Gutiérrez.[4]
- 2005–2017
From 2005 to 2017, the sixth district was located in the centre of the state and covered the municipalities of Acala, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapilla, Chicoasén, Ixtapa, Las Rosas, Nicolás Ruiz, Osumacinta, San Lucas, Soyaló, Suchiapa, Totolapa, and Venustiano Carranza, plus the southern and western parts of the municipality of Tuxtla Gutiérrez. The head town was the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez. [5]
- 1996–2005
Between 1996 and 2005, the sixth district had a different configuration. The head town was Chiapa de Corzo and it covered the following municipalities:
- Acala, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapilla, Ixtapa, Nicolás Ruiz, San Lucas, Soyaló, Totolapa and Venustiano Carranza, all of which remained assigned to district in the 2005 plan, plus:
- Bochil, La Concordia, and Villa Corzo.[6]
Deputies returned to Congress from this district
National parties | |
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Current | |
PAN | |
PRI | |
PT | |
PVEM | |
MC | |
Morena | |
Defunct or local only | |
PLM | |
PNR | |
PRM | |
PPS | |
PARM | |
Convergencia | |
PANAL | |
PSD | |
PES | |
PRD |
Notes
- ^ Albores Guillén requested a leave of absence from Congress upon his appointment as interim governor of Chiapas, following the resignation of Julio César Ruiz Ferro in the aftermath of the Acteal Massacre of 22 December 1997.
- ^ Elected on a Morena ticket, Llaven Abarca joined the PT group in Congress in April 2022.[11] He then aligned with the PVEM group in September 2022.[10]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Cartografía electoral federal 2023". Diario de Chiapas. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021-2023" (PDF). Instituto Nacional Electoral. p. 214. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Chiapas: Descriptivo de la distritacion federal, marzo 2017" (PDF). Cartografía. Instituto Nacional Electoral. March 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chiapas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
- ^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chiapas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
- ^ "Perfil del legislador: Williams Oswaldo Ochoa Gallegos". Legislative Information System. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ "Perfil: Dip. Sasil Dora Luz De León Villard, LXIII Legislatura".
- ^ "Perfil: Dip. Zoé Alejandro Robledo Aburto, LXIV Legislatura".
- ^ a b "Perfil: Dip. Jorge Luis Llaven Abarca, LXV Legislatura".
- ^ "Diputados que integran la 65 Legislatura suman 48 licencias y 19 cambios de bancada". Vanguardia. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Distrito 6. Tuxtla Gutiérrez". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 27 June 2024.