The Ninth Federal Electoral District of Chiapas (IX Distrito Electoral Federal de Chiapas) is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 12 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.
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District territory
The Ninth District of Chiapas is the state's smallest federal electoral district in area. It covers the north-eastern section of the municipality of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, approximating to the eastern half of that city (the state capital), together with a portion of its rural hinterland.[1]
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
Previous districting schemes
1996–2005 district
Between 1996 and 2005, the Ninth District covered the whole of the municipality of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, with the city serving as the head town.[2]
The Ninth District of Chiapas was created in 1977. Prior to that year, Chiapas only had six federal electoral districts. The Ninth District elected its first deputy, to the 51st Congress, in 1979.
Deputies returned to Congress from this district
- LI Legislature
- 1979–1982: César Augusto Santiago (PRI)
- LII Legislature
- 1982–1985: Eloy Morales Espinoza (PRI)
- LIII Legislature
- 1985–1988:
- LIV Legislature
- 1988–1991: Arely Madrid Tovilla (PRI)
- LV Legislature
- 1991–1994:
- LVI Legislature
- 1994–1997: Lázaro Hernández Vázquez (PRI)
- LVII Legislature
- 1997–2000: Carlos Morales Vázquez (PRD)
- LVIII Legislature
- 2000–2003: Enoch Aráujo Sánchez (PAN)
- LIX Legislature
- 2003–2006: Francisco Rojas Toledo (PAN)
- LX Legislature
- 2006–2009: Carlos Morales Vázquez (PRD)
References and notes
- ^ 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.
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