Fourth federal electoral district of Quintana Roo

The fourth federal electoral district of Quintana Roo (Distrito electoral federal 04 de Quintana Roo) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of four such districts in the state of Quintana Roo.[1]

Federal electoral districts of Quintana Roo since 2022
Quintana Roo under the 2017–2022 plan

It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative session by means of the first-past-the-post system. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the third region.[2][3]

The fourth district was created as part of the 2017 redistricting process and was first contested in the 2018 general election.

District territory

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Under the 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,[4] the fourth district covers 200 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) in the municipality of Benito Juárez.[5]

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Cancún, the municipal seat of Benito Juárez.[1]

Previous districting schemes

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2017–2022

The fourth district was created by the 2017 redistricting process. From 2017 to 2022, the district had its head town at Cancún and it comprised 210 precincts in the municipality of Benito Juárez.[6]

Deputies returned to Congress

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  National parties
Current
 PAN
 PRI
 PT
 PVEM
 MC
 Morena
Defunct or local only
 PLM
 PNR
 PRM
 PP
 PPS
 PARM
 PFCRN
 Convergencia
 PANAL
 PSD
 PES
 PRD
Fourth federal electoral district of Quintana Roo
Election Deputy Party Term Legislature
2018 Jesús Pool Moo [es][7][a]       2018–2021 64th Congress
2021 Laura Fernández Piña[8][b]     2021–2024 65th Congress
2024 Mildred Ávila Vera [es][9][10]   2024–2027 66th Congress

Notes

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  1. ^ Originally sat for Morena; declared himself independent on 1 July 2020; joined the PRD benches on 28 July 2020; switched to the PRI on 31 August 2020; later returned to the PRD.
  2. ^ Elected for the PVEM, switched to the PRD in 2022 for an unsuccessful gubernatorial run, declared herself independent on 1 February 2024.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021–2023" (PDF). Instituto Nacional Electoral. p. 351. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  2. ^ "How Mexico Elects Its Leaders — The Rules". Mexico Solidarity Project. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral por el que se aprueba la demarcación territorial de las cinco circunscripciones electorales plurinominales federales en que se divide el país". Diario Oficial de la Federación. Instituto Nacional Electoral. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 3 September 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 3 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral por el que se aprueba el proyecto de la demarcación territorial de los trescientos distritos electorales federales uninominales". Diario Oficial de la Federación. Instituto Nacional Electoral. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Descriptivo de la distritación federal: Quintana Roo (marzo 2017)" (PDF). Cartografía. Instituto Nacional Electoral. March 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Jesús Pool Moo, LXIV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Laura Lynn Fernández Piña, LXV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Quintana Roo Distrito 4. Cancún". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Mildred Concepción Ávila Vera, LXVI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 September 2024.

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