The 7th 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 Carlos Sánchez Barrios 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 is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the 7th district covers 249 electoral precincts () across six municipalities in the central part of the state:
Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Eduardo Neri, General Heliodoro Castillo, Leonardo Bravo, Mochitlán and Tixtla de Guerrero.
The district's head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Chilpancingo. The district reported a population of 455,602 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 7th district had its head town at Chilpancingo and it comprised four municipalities: Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Eduardo Neri, General Heliodoro Castillo and Leonardo Bravo.
2005–2017 The 2005 districting plan assigned Guerrero nine districts. The 7th district's head town was at Chilpancingo and it covered five municipalities: Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Coyuca de Benítez, Mochitlán, Quechultenango and Tixtla de Guerrero.
1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, which allocated Guerrero ten districts, the 7th district had its head town at Chilpancingo and it covered five municipalities: The link contains maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Coyuca de Benítez, Juan R. Escudero, Leonardo Bravo and Tecoanapa.
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 newly restored 7th district's head town was at Acapulco and it covered a part of that city and the rural portion of its surrounding municipality.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Guerrero's 7th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature The seventh district was suspended between 1930 and 19791979Jorge Montúfar Araujo1979–198251st Congress1982Eloy Polanco Salinas 1982–198552nd Congress1985Félix Liera Ortiz1985–198853rd Congress1988Pablo Ávalos Castro1988–199154th Congress1991Nabor Ojeda Delgado1991–199455th Congress1994René Juárez CisnerosGustavo Adolfo Torres Blanco1994–199756th Congress1997Pioquinto Damián Huato1997–200057th Congress2000Heriberto Huicochea VázquezLourdes Gallardo Pérez2000–20022002–200358th Congress2003Mario Moreno Arcos2003–200659th Congress2006Carlos Sánchez BarriosOctavio Adolfo Klimek Alcaraz2006–200960th Congress2009Mario Moreno Arcos2009–201261st Congress2012Jorge Salgado Parra2012–201562nd Congress20152015–201863rd Congress2018Carlos Sánchez Barrios2018–202164th Congress2021Carlos Sánchez Barrios2021–202465th Congress2024Carlos Sánchez Barrios2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Guerrero's 7th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 69.57362024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 67.6615
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