Sixth federal electoral district of Chiapas

Parties
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The sixth 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.

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 state capital, Tuxtla Gutiérrez.^[1]

District territory

From 2005 to 2017, the sixth district of Chiapas 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.^[2]

The head town was the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez.^[1]

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

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

Acala, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapilla, Ixtapa, Nicolás Ruiz, San Lucas, Soyaló, Totolapa and Venustiano Carranza, all of which are still part of the district, plus:
Bochil, La Concordia, and Villa Corzo.^[3]

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

50th Congress
- 1976–1979: Leonardo León Cerpa (PRI)
51st Congress
- 1979–1982: Alberto Ramón Cerdio Bado (PRI)
52nd Congress
- 1982–1985:
53rd Congress
- 1985–1988:
54th Congress
- 1988–1991: Romeo Ruiz Armento (PRI)
55th Congress
- 1991–1994:
56th Congress
- 1994–1997: Rafael Ceballos Cancino (PRI)
57th Congress
- 2000–1999: Roberto Albores Guillén [es] (PRI)^[a]
- 1999–2000: Agustín Santiago Albores (PRI)
58th Congress
- 2000–2003: Roberto Domínguez Castellanos (PRI)
59th Congress
- 2003–2006: Roberto Aguilar Hernández (PRI)
60th Congress
- 2006–2009: Héctor Narcía Álvarez (PRD)
62nd Congress
- 2012–2015: Williams Ochoa Gallegos (PRI)^[4]
66th Congress
- 2024–2027: Flor de María Esponda Torres (Morena/PT/PVEM)^[1]

Notes

^ 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.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Distrito 6. Tuxtla Gutiérrez". 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.
^ "Perfil del legislador: Williams Oswaldo Ochoa Gallegos". Legislative Information System. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

16°45′N 93°07′W / 16.750°N 93.117°W / 16.750; -93.117

[4] 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.

[ine2024-1] "Distrito 6. Tuxtla Gutiérrez". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

[2] Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Chiapas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2008.

[3] Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación de 1996 de Chiapas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2008.

[sil-5] "Perfil del legislador: Williams Oswaldo Ochoa Gallegos". Legislative Information System. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

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