Fifth federal electoral district of Chiapas
The fifth federal electoral district of Chiapas (Distrito electoral federal 05 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.
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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 San Cristóbal de Las Casas.[1]
District territory
editIn 2005, the fifth district was located in the Chiapas Highlands north-western portion of the state and covered the municipalities of Amatenango del Valle, Chamula, Huixtán, Mitontic, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Tenejapa, Teopisca and Zinacantán.[2]
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, was the city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas.
Previous districting schemes
edit1996–2005 district
editBetween 1996 and 2005, the fifth district had a slightly different configuration. It covered the following municipalities:
- Chamula, Huixtan, Mitontic, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Tenejapa and Zinacantán, which are still part of its current composition, plus:
- Chalchihuitán, Chenalhó, Larráinzar and Pantelhó.[3]
Deputies returned to Congress from this district
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.svg){kind=logo} | PAN |
.svg){kind=logo} | PRI |
.svg){kind=logo} | PRD |
.svg){kind=logo} | PT |
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 | MC |
.svg){kind=small} | PANAL |
.svg){kind=logo} | PSD |
.svg){kind=logo} | Morena |
- 50th Congress
- 1976–1979: Gonzalo Esponda Zebadúa (PRI)
- 51st Congress
- 1979–1982: Jaime Coutiño Esquinca (PRI)
- 52nd Congress
- 1982–1985: Faustino Roos Mazo (PRI)
- 53rd Congress
- 1985–1988:
- 54th Congress
- 1988–1991: César Ricardo Naumann Escobar (PRI)
- 55th Congress
- 1991–1994:
- 56th Congress
- 1994–1997: Hildiberto Ochoa Samayos (PRI)
- 57th Congress
- 1997–2000: Gilberto Velasco Rodríguez (PRI)
- 58th Congress
- 2000–2003: Nicolás Lorenzo Álvarez Martínez (PRI)
- 59th Congress
- 2003–2006: Florencio Collazo Gómez (PRI)
- 60th Congress
- 2006–2009: Jorge Mario Lescieur Talavera (PRI)
- 66th Congress
- 2024–2027: Emilio Ramón Ramírez Guzmán (Morena/PT/PVEM)[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Distrito 5. San Cristóbal de Las Casas". 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 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.