The 1st federal electoral district of 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. 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 Carlos Morelos Rodríguez 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 elections, the 1st district covers 129 electoral precincts () across eight municipalities in north-eastern Chiapas: Catazajá, La Libertad, Palenque, Sabanilla, Salto de Agua, Tila, Tumbalá and Yajalón.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Palenque. The district reported a population of 410,229 in the 2020 census. With Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 71% of that total, it is classified by the INE as an indigenous district.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Chiapas 6 9 12 12 13 13 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
2017–2022 From 2017 to 2022 the district had the same configuration as under the 2023 plan.
2005–2017 The 2005 district covered the same municipalities as under the 2023 and 2017 plans but also included Chilón. The head town was the city of Palenque.
1996–2005 Between 1996 and 2005, the district had exactly the same composition as under the 2005 plan.
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. Under that plan, Chiapas's seat allocation rose from six to nine. The first district had its head town at Tuxtla Gutiérrez and it covered seven municipalities. The link provides a list of the constituent municipalities.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Chiapas's 1st district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1958Juan Sabines Gutiérrez 1958–196144th Congress1961Rafael Gamboa Cano1961–196445th Congress1964Jesús Cancino Casahonda 1964–196746th Congress1967Martha Luz Rincón Castillejos1967–197047th Congress1970José Casahonda Castillo1970–197348th Congress1973Carlos Moguel Sarmiento 1973–197649th Congress1976Jaime Sabines Gutiérrez1976–197950th Congress1979Rafael Pascacio Gamboa1979–198251st Congress19821982–198552nd Congress19851985–198853rd Congress1988Antonio Pariente Algarín1988–199154th Congress1991Antonio García Sánchez1991–199455th Congress1994Walter Antonio León Montoya1994–199756th Congress1997Arquímides León Ovando1997–200057th Congress2000Jesús Alejandro Cruz Gutiérrez2000–200358th Congress2003Jorge Utrilla Robles2003–200659th Congress2006Yary del Carmen Gebhardt Garduza2006–200960th Congress2009Juan Carlos López Fernández2009–201261st Congress2012Lourdes Adriana López Moreno2012–201562nd Congress2015Leonardo Rafael Guirao Aguilar2015–201863rd Congress2018Manuela Obrador Narváez2018–202164th Congress2021Manuela Obrador Narváez2021–202465th Congress2024Carlos Morelos Rodríguez 2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Chiapas's 1st district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 59.16032024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 83.6638
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