The 5th federal electoral district of Yucatán () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of six such districts in the state of Yucatán.
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.
Created as part of the 1996 redistricting process, it was first contested in the 1997 mid-term election.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
District territory Yucatán gained a congressional seat in the 2023 redistricting process carried out by the National Electoral Institute (INE). Under the new districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the reconfigured 5th district is located in the south and west of the state. It comprises 186 electoral precincts () across 29 municipalities:
Abalá, Akil, Celestún, Chapab, Chocholá, Chumayel, Dzan, Halachó, Hunucmá, Kinchil, Kopomá, Mama, Maní, Maxcanú, Mayapán, Muna, Opichén, Oxkutzcab, Sacalum, Samahil, Santa Elena, Teabo, Tekax, Tekit, Tetiz, Ticul, Tzucacab, Ucú and Umán.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Umán. The district had a population of 415,271 in the 2020 census and, with Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 81% of that number, Yucatán's 5th – like all the state's electoral districts, both local and federal – is classified by the INE as an indigenous district.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Yucatán 3 4 5 5 5 6 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
2017–2022 Between 1996 and 2022, Yucatán had five federal electoral districts. Under the 2017 scheme, the 5th district's head town was at Ticul and it covered 34 municipalities in the south and west of the state but, unlike the 2022 plan, excluding the coastal municipalities: Abalá, Akil, Cantamayec, Chacsinkín, Chapab, Chochola, Chumayel, Cuzamá, Dzán, Halachó, Homún, Huhí, Kopomá, Mama, Maní, Maxcanú, Mayapán, Muna, Opichén, Oxkutzcab, Peto, Sacalum, Sanahcat, Santa Elena, Sotuta, Tahdziú, Teabo, Tecoh, Tekax, Tekit, Ticul, Tixmehuac, Tzucacab and Umán.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 districting scheme, the district covered 33 municipalities in the west and south of the state, including the coastal municipalities to the west of Progreso. The district's head town was the city of Ticul. The link contains a list of the municipalities covered. The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 plans.
1996–2005 Between 1996 and 2005, Yucatán's new 5th district covered a similar territory as under the 2017 scheme: without the coastal municipalities of the north-west and with a larger slice of the south of the state. The head town was Ticul and the district covered 37 municipalities. The link contains a list of the municipalities covered.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Yucatán's 5th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature19971997–200057th Congress2000Rosa Elena Baduy Isaac2000–200358th Congress2003Ángel Canul Pacab2003–200659th Congress2006Gerardo Escaroz Soler2006–200960th Congress2009Martín Enrique Castillo Ruz2009–201261st Congress2012Marco Alonso Vela ReyesAlberto Leónides Escamilla Cerón2012–2015201562nd Congress2015Felipe Cervera HernándezRafael Chan Magaña2015–2018201863rd Congress2018Juan José Canul Pérez2018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress20242024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Yucatán's 5th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 35.75592024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 70.0069
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