The 4th federal electoral district of Guerrero () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of eight such districts in the state of Guerrero.
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 fourth region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Javier Taja Ramírez of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
District territory Guerrero lost a congressional seat in the 2023 redistricting process carried out by the National Electoral Institute (INE). Under the new districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the 4th district covers the north-western portion of the municipality of Acapulco, comprising 237 precincts (); the remainder of the municipality makes up the 2nd district.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the resort city of Acapulco. The district reported a population of 387,397 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Guerrero 6 10 10 9 9 8 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources: Because of shifting population patterns, Guerrero currently has two fewer districts than the ten the state was assigned under the 1977 electoral reforms that set the national total at 300.
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, Guerrero was allocated nine electoral districts. The 4th district was located in the western sector of the municipality of Acapulco but with a smaller surface area than under the 2023 plan, covering 223 precincts. The head town was Acapulco.
2005–2017 The 2005 districting plan assigned Guerrero nine districts. The 4th district covered 221 precincts in the north-west and south of the municipality of Acapulco. The city of Acapulco was its head town.
1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, which allocated Guerrero ten districts, the 4th district was located in the northern and central part of the state. Its head town was at the city of Iguala and it comprised seven municipalities: Atenango del Río, Copalillo, Eduardo Neri, General Heliodoro Castillo, Huitzuco de los Figueroa, Iguala de la Independencia and Tepecoacuilco de Trujano. The link contains maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes.
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, Guerrero's district allocation rose from six to ten. The 4th district had its head town at Acapulco and it covered a part of that city.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Guerrero's 4th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1940Alfredo Córdova Lara 1940–194338th Congress1943Ramón Mata y Rodríguez 1943-194639th Congress1946Alejandro Gómez Maganda1946-194940th Congress1949Mario Romero Lopetegui1949–195241st Congress1952José Gómez Velasco1952–195542nd Congress1955Gustavo Rueda Medina1955–195843rd Congress1958Mario Castillo Carmona1958–196144th Congress1961Gabriel Lagos Beltrán1961–196445th Congress1964Rafael Camacho Salgado1964–196746th Congress1967Israel Nogueda Otero1967–197047th Congress1970Rogelio de la O Almazán1970–197348th Congress1973Graciano Astudillo Alarcón1973–197649th Congress1976Hortensia Santoyo de García 1976–197950th Congress19791979–198251st Congress1982Rosa Martha Muñuzuri1982–198552nd Congress1985Amín Zarur Menes1985–198853rd Congress19881988–199154th Congress1991Fernando Navarrete Magdaleno1991–199455th Congress1994Antonio Piza Soberanis1994–199756th Congress1997Héctor Vicario Castrejón1997–200057th Congress2000Silvia Romero SuárezJuan Manuel Santamaría Ramírez2000–20022002–200358th Congress2003Rubén Figueroa Smutny2003–200659th Congress2006Ramón Almonte Borja2006–200960th Congress2009Alejandro Carabias Icaza2009–201261st Congress2012Víctor Manuel Jorrín Lozano2012–201562nd Congress2015Julieta Fernández Márquez2015–201863rd Congress2018Leticia Lozano Zavala2018–2021202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress2024Javier Taja Ramírez2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Guerrero's 4th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 72.93932024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 79.8329
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