The 3rd federal electoral district of Nayarit () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of three such districts in the state of Nayarit.
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.
Suspended in 1930, the 3rd district was restored as part of the 1977 political reforms and was contended again in the 1979 election; between 1930 and 1979, Nayarit comprised only two federal electoral districts.
The current member for the district, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is Jorge Armando Ortiz 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 federal elections, the 3rd district covers 269 precincts () across the state's ten southern municipalities: Ahuacatlán, Amatlán de Cañas, Bahía de Banderas, Compostela, Ixtlán del Río, Jala, San Pedro Lagunillas, Santa María del Oro, Xalisco and La Yesca.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Compostela. The district reported a population of 454,432 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Nayarit 2 3 3 3 3 3 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources: 2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the 3rd district had the same composition as in the 2023 plan.
2005–2017 Between 2005 and 2017 the district was located in the south of the state. It had the same composition as in the 2023 plan, with the addition of the municipality of San Blas. The head town was at Compostela. The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes.
1996–2005 Between 1996 and 2005 the district had the same composition as in 2005–2017, with the exception of the municipality of La Yesca, which belonged to the 2nd district.
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, Nayarit's seat allocation rose from two to three. The restored 3rd district had its head town at Compostela and it comprised ten of the state's municipalities. The link provides a list of the municipalities covered.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Nayarit's 3rd district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureJuan Espinosa Bávara1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro1917José Ahumada1917–191827th Congress1918Juan Espinosa Bávara1918–192028th Congress1920Ricardo A. Álvarez1920–192229th CongressApolonio R. Guzmán1922–192430th Congress1924José de la Peña1924–192631st Congress1926Pedro López S.1926–192832nd Congress1928Enrique Espinoza1928–193033rd Congress The 3rd district was suspended between 1930 and 19791979Carlos Serafín Ramírez1979–1982 51st Congress1982Juan Medina Cervantes1982–1985 52nd Congress1985Enrique Medina Lomelí1985–1988 53rd Congress1988Olga López CastilloRafael Mascorro Toro 1988–1991 54th Congress1991 José Ramón Navarro Quintero1991–1994 55th Congress1994Liberato Montenegro Villa1994–1997 56th Congress1997Miguel Ángel Navarro Quintero1997–2000 57th Congress2000 José Manuel Quintanilla Rentería2000–2003 58th Congress2003Raúl Mejía González 2003–2006 59th Congress2006Sergio Sandoval Paredes 2006–2009 60th Congress2009Ivideliza Reyes Hernández 2009–2012 61st Congress2012Gloria Elizabeth Núñez Sánchez 2012–2015 62nd Congress2015Jasmine María Bugarín Rodríguez 2015–2018 63rd Congress2018Mirtha Iliana Villalvazo Amaya2018–2021 64th Congress2021Jorge Armando Ortiz Rodríguez 2021–2024 65th Congress2024Jorge Armando Ortiz Rodríguez2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Nayarit's 3rd district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 63.72512024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 64.0309
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