The 2nd federal electoral district of Baja California Sur () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of two such districts in the state of Baja California Sur.
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 first region.
The district was created in 1974 when Baja California Sur acquired statehood and was first contended in the 1976 general election. The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Luis Armando Díaz of the Labour Party (PT).
District territory Under the 2023 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the second district comprises the 164 electoral precincts () that make up the municipality of Los Cabos at the state's southern tip.
The district's head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of San José del Cabo. The district reported a population of 351,100 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Baja California Sur 2 2 2 2 2 2 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
2017–2022 From 2017 to 2022, the district comprised the municipality of Los Cabos and the southern portion of the municipality of La Paz. San José del Cabo was the head town.
2005–2017 Between 2005 and 2017 the district covered the municipality of Los Cabos and the easternmost third of the municipality of La Paz. The district's head town was the state capital, La Paz. The link contains maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
1996–2005 The municipalities of Los Cabos and La Paz, with the state capital serving as the head town.
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. Baja California Sur's seat allocation, however, remained unchanged at two. The 2nd district had its head town at Mulegé and it covered the municipalities of Mulegé and Comondú.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Baja California Sur's 2nd district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature 1976Agapito Duarte Hernández1976–197950th Congress1979Ramón Ojeda Suárez1979–198251st Congress1982Alberto Miranda Castro1982–198552nd Congress1985Eligio Soto López1985–198853rd Congress19881988–199154th Congress1991Mario Vargas Aguilar1991–199455th Congress1994Rodimiro Amaya Téllez1994–199756th Congress19971997–200057th Congress2000Rosa Delia Cota Montaño2000–200358th Congress2003Narciso Agúndez MontañoJosefina Cota Cota2003–20042004–200659th Congress2006Víctor Manuel Lizárraga Peraza2006–200960th Congress2009 Víctor Manuel Castro Cosío2009–2012 61st Congress2012 Arturo de la Rosa Escalante2012–2015 62nd Congress2015 Víctor Ernesto Ibarra Montoya2015–2018 63rd Congress2018Alfredo Porras Domínguez2018–2021 64th Congress2021Alfredo Porras Domínguez2021–2024 65th Congress2024Luis Armando Díaz 2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Baja California Sur's 2nd district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia67.46812024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia62.9074
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