The 2nd federal electoral district of Campeche () 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 Campeche.
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.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Gabriela del Carmen Basto González of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
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 278 electoral precincts () across six municipalities in the west of the state: Candelaria, Carmen, Champotón, Escárcega, Palizada and Seybaplaya
The district's head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Ciudad del Carmen. The district reported a population of 457,773 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes
+ Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Campeche 2 2 2 2 2 2 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
2017–2022 In the 2017 plan, the district covered five municipalities: Candelaria, Carmen, Champotón, Escárcega and Palizada.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 districting scheme, the 2nd district covered the same five municipalities as in the 2017 plan. The link contains maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
1996–2005 Between 1996 and 2005, the district comprised four municipalities: Carmen, Champotón, Escárcega and Palizada.
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. Campeche's seat allocation, however, remained unchanged at two. The 2nd district had its head town at the state capital, San Francisco de Campeche, and it covered the municipalities of Calkiní, Campeche, Hecelchakán, Hopelchén and Tenabo.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Campeche's 2nd district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature 1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro 1917Julio Zapata 1917–191827th Congress 1918Conrado Ocampo PPC 1918–192028th Congress 1920 PLC 1920–192229th Congress José Zertucha 1922–192430th Congress 1924Eduardo R. Mena Córdova 1924–192731st Congress 1926Eduardo R. Mena Córdova 1926–192832nd Congress 1928Ángel Castillo Lanz 1928–193033rd Congress 1930Fausto Bojórquez Castillo 1930–193234th Congress 1932Fernando Enrique Angli Lara 1932–193435th Congress 1934Ramón Félix Flores 1934–193736th Congress 1937Ignacio Reyes Ortega 1937–194037th Congress 1940Ramón Berzunza Pinto 1940–1943 38th Congress 1943Arcadio Ché Canché 1943–1946 39th Congress 1946 1946–1949 40th Congress 1949Alberto Perera Castillo 1949–1952 41st Congress 1952Leopoldo Sales Rovira 1952–1955 42nd Congress 1955 1955–1958 43rd Congress 1958Carlos Cano Cruz 1958–1961 44th Congress 1961 1961–1964 45th Congress 1964José Dolores García Aguilar 1964–1967 46th Congress 1967 Manuel Pavón Bahaine 1967–1970 47th Congress 1970Alberto Carrillo Zavala 1970–1973 48th Congress 1973Luis Fernando Solís Patrón 1973–1976 49th Congress 1976Jorge Muñoz Icthe 1976–1979 50th Congress 1979José Edilberto Vázquez Rios 1979–1982 51st Congress 1982Alberto Carrillo Zavala 1982–1985 52nd Congress 1985Pedro Dario López Vargas 1985–1988 53rd Congress 1988Jorge Enrique Minet Ortiz 1988–1991 54th Congress 1991Francisco Puga Ramayo 1991–1994 55th Congress 1994Gabriel Escalante Castillo 1994–1997 56th Congress 1997Aracely Escalante Jasso 1997–2000 57th Congress 2000Ricardo Augusto Ocampo Fernández 2000–2003 58th Congress 2003Sebastián Calderón Centeno 2003–2006 59th Congress 2006Arturo Martínez Rocha 2006–2009 60th Congress 2009Óscar Román Rosas González 2009–2012 61st Congress 2012Rocío Abreu Artiñano 2012–2015 62nd Congress 2015Rocío Matesanz Santamaría 2015–2018 63rd Congress 2018Irasema del Carmen Buenfil Díaz2018–2021 64th Congress 2021María Sierra Damián 2021–2024 65th Congress 2024 Gabriela del Carmen Basto González 2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Campeche's 2nd district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 64.58902024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 70.7104
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