The 2nd federal electoral district of Michoacán () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 11 such districts in the state of Michoacán.
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 fifth region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is José Luis Cruz Lucatero of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
District territory Michoacán lost its 12th district in the 2023 districting 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 2nd district covers 245 precincts () across 11 municipalities in the south-west of the state: Aguililla, Apatzingán, Aquila, Buenavista, Chinicuila, Coahuayana, Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares, Los Reyes, Peribán, Tancítaro and Tepalcatepec.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Apatzingán de la Constitución. The district reported a population of 418,465 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Michoacán 9 13 13 12 12 11 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the district was located in the north of the state. Its head town was at Puruándiro and it comprised 17 municipalities: Álvaro Obregón, Angamacutiro, Copándaro, Cuitzeo, Charo, Chucándiro, Huandacareo, Huaniqueo, Indaparapeo, Jiménez, José Sixto Verduzco, Morelos, Panindícuaro, Penjamillo, Puruándiro, Santa Ana Maya and Tarímbaro.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 districting plan, Michoacán lost its 13th district. The 2nd district's head town was at Puruándiro and it covered 19 municipalities: The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. Álvaro Obregón, Angamacutiro, Chucándiro, Churintzio, Copándaro, Cuitzeo, Huandacareo, Huaniqueo, Jiménez, José Sixto Verduzco, Morelos, Numarán, Panindícuaro, Penjamillo, Puruándiro, Santa Ana Maya, Tarímbaro, Tlazazalca and Zináparo.
1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, the district's head town was at Puruándiro and it covered 12 municipalities in that region of the state: Álvaro Obregón, Angamacutiro, Chucándiro, Copándaro, Cuitzeo, Huandacareo, José Sixto Verduzco, Morelos, Panindícuaro, Puruándiro, Santa Ana Maya and Tarímbaro.
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 the reforms, Michoacán's allocation rose from 9 to 13. The 2nd district's head town was at Ciudad Hidalgo – east of the state capital, Morelia – and it covered 12 municipalities: Charo, Hidalgo, Indaparapeo, Irimbo, Juárez, Jungapeo, Queréndaro, Susupuato, Tuxpan, Tuzantla, Tzitzio and Zinapécuaro.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Michoacán's 2nd district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureAlberto Peralta 1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1979José Luis Lemus Solís1979–198251st Congress1982Jorge Canedo Vargas1982–198552nd Congress1985Antonio Correa López1985–198853rd Congress1988Humberto Urquiza Marín1988–199154th Congress1991Julián Rodríguez Sesmas1991–199455th Congress1994Carmen Soto Correa1994–199756th Congress1997Julieta Gallardo Mora1997–200057th Congress2000Manuel Duarte Ramírez2000–200358th Congress2003Enrique Torres Cuadros2003–200659th Congress2006Rafael Villicaña García2006–200960th Congress2009José Marciano Torres Robledo2009–201261st Congress2012Armando Contreras Ceballos2012–201562nd Congress2015Erik Juárez Blanquet2015–201863rd Congress2018Esteban Barajas Barajas 2018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress2024José Luis Cruz Lucatero2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Michoacán's 2nd district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 43.13602024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 55.7401
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