The 4th 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, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is 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 4th district comprises 178 electoral precincts () across 25 municipalities in the north-west of the state: Amatán, Chapultenango, Chicoasén, Coapilla, Copainalá, Francisco León, Ixhuatán, Ixtacomitán, Ixtapangajoya, Juárez, Mezcalapa, Ocotepec, Ostuacán, Osumacinta, Pantepec, Pichucalco, Rayón, Reforma, Rincón Chamula San Pedro, San Fernando, Solosuchiapa, Sunuapa, Tapalapa, Tapilula and Tecpatán.
The district's head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Pichucalco. The district reported a population of 389,090 in the 2020 census and, with Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 40% 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:
2005–2017 Under the 2017 scheme, the district covered 22 municipalities and had its head town at Pichucalco.
2005–2017 In 2005–2017, the 4th district was located in the north-western portion of the state and covered the municipalities of Amatán, Berriozábal, Coapilla, Copainalá, Ixtacomitán, Ixtapangajoya, Juárez, Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Ostuacán, Pichucalco, Reforma, San Fernando, Solosuchiapa, Sunuapa and Tecpatán. The head town was the city of Ocozocoautla de Espinosa.
1996–2005 Between 1996 and 2005, the 4th district had a different configuration. It was still centred on Ocozocoautla de Espinosa but covered: Berriozábal, Coapilla, Copainalá, Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, San Fernando and Tecpatán, as in 2005–2017, plus: The municipalities of Chicoasén, Ocotepec, Osumacinta, Suchiapa and Villaflores.
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 4th district had its head town at Pichucalco and it covered 17 municipalities. The link provides a list of the constituent municipalities.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Chiapas's 4th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1976 Manuel Villafuerte Mijangos1976–1979 50th Congress 1979 Salvador de la Torre Grajales1979–1982 51st Congress 1982 Oralia Coutiño Ruiz1982–1985 52nd Congress 1985 1985–1988 53rd Congress 1988 Sami David David1988–1991 54th Congress 1991 Orbelín Rodríguez Velasco1991–1994 55th Congress 1994 Tito Rubín Cruz1994–1997 56th Congress 1997 Mario Elías Moreno Navarro 1997–2000 57th Congress 2000 José Jacobo Nazar Morales2000–2003 58th Congress 2003 Julián Nazar Morales 2003–2006 59th Congress 2006 Andrés Carballo Bustamante2006–2009 60th Congress 2009 Ovidio Cortázar Ramos 2009–2012 61st Congress 2012 Harvey Gutiérrez Álvarez 2012–2015 62nd Congress 2015 Flor Ángel Jiménez Jiménez 2015–2018 63rd Congress 2018Roque Luis Rabelo Velasco 2018–2021 64th Congress 2021 2021–2024 65th Congress 2024 2024–2027 66th Congress
Presidential elections + Chiapas's 4th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 63.86562024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 71.6677
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