Third federal electoral district of Chiapas
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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.
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Ocosingo.[1]
District territory
The third district of Chiapas is located in the extreme east of the state and covers much of the Lacandon Jungle. It comprises the municipalities of Altamirano, Benemérito de las Américas, Chanal, Las Margaritas, Maravilla Tenejapa, Marqués de Comillas, Ocosingo and Oxchuc.[2]
Previous districting schemes
1996–2005 district
Between 1996 and 2005, the third district was broadly the same as under the current 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 included in the district by that token.[3]
Deputies returned to Congress from this district
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![]() | PRD |
![]() | PT |
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- 50th Congress
- 1976–1979: Homero Tovilla Cristiani (PRI)
- 51st Congress
- 1979–1982: Leyver Martínez González (PRI)
- 52nd Congress
- 1982–1985: Homero Tovilla Cristiani (PRI)
- 53rd Congress
- 1985–1988:
- 54th Congress
- 1988–1991: José Javier Culebro Siles (PRI)
- 55th Congress
- 1991–1994:
- 56th Congress
- 1994–1997: Alí Cancino Herrera (PRI)
- 57th Congress
- 1997–2000: Norberto Sántiz López (PRI)
- 58th Congress
- 2000–2003: Santiago López Hernández (PRI)
- 59th Congress
- 2003–2006: Juan Antonio Gordillo (PRI)
- 60th Congress
- 2006–2009: Elmar Díaz Solórzano (PRI)
- 66th Congress
- 2024–2027: Alfredo Vázquez Vázquez (Morena/PT/PVEM)[1]
References
- ^ a b "Distrito 3. Ocosingo". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chiapas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
- ^ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chiapas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.