6th federal electoral district of Chiapas

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The 6th 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.[1]

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Federal electoral districts of Chiapas since 2022
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Chiapas under the 2017–2022 districting scheme
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2005–2017 6th district shaded blue

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]

District territory

Under the 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,[4] Chiapas's 5th district covers 10 municipalities:

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez.[1]

Previous districting schemes

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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.[6]

2005–2017

From 2005 to 2017, the 6th 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.[7]

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, the district had a different configuration. The head town was Chiapa de Corzo and it covered the following municipalities:

1978–1996

The districting scheme in force from 1978 to 1996 was the result of the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under that plan, Chiapas's seat allocation rose from six to nine.[9] The 6th district had its head town at Palenque and it covered 12 municipalities.[10]

Deputies returned to Congress

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Sixth federal electoral district of Chiapas
ElectionDeputyPartyTermLegislature
1967 Patrocinio González Garrido[11] 1967–1970 47th Congress
1970 Octavio Cal y Mayor Sauz[12] 1970–1973 48th Congress
1973 María Guadalupe Cruz Aranda[13] 1973–1976 49th Congress
1976 Leonardo León Cerpa[14] 1976–1979 50th Congress
1979 Alberto Ramón Cerdio Bado[15] 1979–1982 51st Congress
1982 Humberto Pulido García[16] 1982–1985 52nd Congress
1985 Ylse Sarmiento Gómez[17] 1985–1988 53rd Congress
1988 Romeo Ruiz Armento[18] 1988–1991 54th Congress
1991 Marlene Herrera Díaz[19] 1991–1994 55th Congress
1994 Rafael Ceballos Cancino[20] 1994–1997 56th Congress
1997 Roberto Albores Guillén [es][21][a]
Agustín Santiago Albores
1997–1999
1999–2000
57th Congress
2000 Roberto Domínguez Castellanos[22] 2000–2003 58th Congress
2003 Roberto Aguilar Hernández[23] 2003–2006 59th Congress
2006 Héctor Narcia Álvarez[24] 2006–2009 60th Congress
2009 Mirna Lucrecia Camacho Pedrero[25] 2009–2012 61st Congress
2012 Williams Ochoa Gallegos[26] 2012–2015 62nd Congress
2015 Sasil Dora Luz de León Villard[27] 2015–2018 63rd Congress
2018 Zoé Robledo Aburto[28][b]
Raúl Bonifaz Moedano[29]
2018
2018–2021
64th Congress
2021 Jorge Luis Llaven Abarca [es][30][c] 2021–2024 65th Congress
2024[32] Flor de María Esponda Torres[33] 2024–2027 66th Congress
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Notes

  1. 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.
  2. Robledo resigned his seat in November 2018 to assume a position with the federal Secretariat of the Interior.
  3. Elected on a Morena ticket, Llaven Abarca joined the PT group in Congress in April 2022.[31] He then aligned with the PVEM group in September 2022.[30]

References

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