Thirteenth federal electoral district of Chiapas

The thirteenth federal electoral district of Chiapas (Distrito electoral federal 13 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.

Federal electoral districts of Chiapas since 2022

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 was created under the 2017 districting scheme and was first contested at the 2018 general election.

District territory

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Under the 2022 districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,[1] the district covers 14 municipalities in the south of the state, including a portion of the border with Guatemala:

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Huehuetán.[4]

Previous districting schemes

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2017–2022

From 2017 to 2022 the district was in the same part of the state but comprised a slightly different set of 13 municipalities: Amatenango de la Frontera, Bejucal de Ocampo, Bella Vista, Chicomuselo, La Grandeza, Huehuetan, Mazapa de Madero, Mazatán, Motozintla, El Porvenir, Siltepec, Tapachula and Tuzantán.[5]

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

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  National parties
Current
 PAN
 PRI
 PT
 PVEM
 MC
 Morena
Defunct or local only
 PLM
 PNR
 PRM
 PPS
 PRD
 Convergencia
 PANAL
 PSD
 PES
Thirteenth federal electoral district of Chiapas
Deputy Party Legislature Term Election
Maricruz Roblero Gordillo[6]   64th Congress 2018–2021 2018
Luis Armando Melgar Bravo[7]   65th Congress 2021–2024 2021
Jorge Luis Villatoro Osorio[8]     66th Congress 2024–2027 2024

Notes

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  1. ^ Honduras de la Sierra was created in 2019 from a portion of Siltepec.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Decreto Número 248" (PDF). Periódico Oficial del Estado de Chiapas. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Cartografía electoral federal 2023". Diario de Chiapas. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021-2023" (PDF). Instituto Nacional Electoral. p. 214. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Chiapas: Descriptivo de la distritacion federal, marzo 2017" (PDF). Cartografía. Instituto Nacional Electoral. March 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Maricruz Roblero Gordillo, LXIV Legislatura". Legislative Information System. SEGOB. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Luis Armando Melgar Bravo, LXV Legislatura". Legislative Information System. SEGOB. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Distrito 13. Huehuetán". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 22 June 2024.

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