The 3rd 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, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is of the Labour Party (PT).
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 3rd district covers 272 precincts () across 14 municipalities in the north-east of the state: Angangueo, Aporo, Contepec, Epitacio Huerta, Juárez, Jungapeo, Maravatío, Ocampo, Senguio, Susupuato, Tlalpujahua, Tuxpan, Tuzantla and Zitácuaro.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Heroica Zitácuaro. The district reported a population of 469,649 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 east of the state but shifted southwards compared to its 2023 configuration. Its head town was still at Zitácuaro and it comprised 13 municipalities: Angangueo, Carácuaro, Huetamo, Juárez, Jungapeo, Ocampo, San Lucas, Susupuato, Tiquicheo, Tuxpan, Tuzantla, Tzitzio and Zitácuaro.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 districting plan, Michoacán lost its 13th district. The 3rd district's head town was at Zitácuaro but it covered a different set of 13 municipalities: The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. Angangueo, Aporo, Charo, Indaparapeo, Juárez, Jungapeo, Ocampo, Susupuato, Tiquicheo, Tuxpan, Tuzantla, Tzitzio and Zitácuaro.
1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, the district's head town was at Zitácuaro and it covered 13 municipalities in that region of the state: Angangueo, Aporo, Contepec, Epitacio Huerta, Juárez, Jungapeo, Ocampo, Senguio, Susupuato, Tlalpujahua, Tuzantla, Tuxpan, Zitácuaro.
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 3rd district's head town was at Zacapu and it covered eight municipalities in the centre of the state: Coeneo, Cherán, Erongarícuaro, Jiménez, Nahuatzen, Pátzcuaro, Santa Clara and Zacapu.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Michoacán's 3rd district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1979Norberto Mora Plancarte1979–198251st Congress1982Raúl Lemus García1982–198552nd Congress1985Raúl Héctor Castellano1985–198853rd Congress19881988–199154th Congress1991José Jesús Gregorio Flores Alonzo1991–199455th Congress1994Froylán Velázquez Hernández1994–199756th Congress1997Jaime Castro López1997–200057th Congress2000Silvano Aureoles ConejoDonaldo Ortiz Colín2000–20012001–200358th Congress2003Pascual Sigala Páez2003–200659th Congress2006Mario Vallejo Estévez2006–200960th Congress2009Dina Herrera Soto2009–201261st Congress2012Silvano Aureoles ConejoJesús Antonio Mora González2012–2015201562nd Congress2015Juan Antonio Ixtláhuac OrihuelaJosé Luis Baeza Rojas2015–2018201863rd Congress20182018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress20242024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Michoacán's 3rd district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 49.61762024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 55.7834
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