The 2nd federal electoral district of Sinaloa () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of seven such districts in the state of Sinaloa.
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 first region.
The current member for the district, 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 second district is located in the north-west of the state and comprises the 482 electoral precincts () that make up the municipality of Ahome.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Los Mochis, the municipal seat of Ahome. The district reported a population of 462,209 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Sinaloa5 9 8 8 7 7 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
1996–2022 Under the 1996, 2005 and 2017 districting plans, the 2nd district had the same configuration as under the 2023 scheme, covering the municipality of Ahome. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 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, Sinaloa's seat allocation rose from five to nine. The 2nd district comprised the municipality of Guasave.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Sinaloa's 2nd district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1979Francisco Alarcón Fregoso1979–198251st Congress1982Homobono Rosas Rodríguez1982–198552nd Congress1985Marco Antonio Espinoza Pablos1985–198853rd Congress1988Benito Juárez Camacho1988–199154th Congress1991Alberto López Vargas1991–199455th Congress1994José Luis Leyson Castro1994–199756th Congress1997Joaquín Montaño Yamuni1997–200057th Congress2000Policarpo Infante Fierro2000–200358th Congress2003Esteban Valenzuela García2003–200659th Congress2006Gerardo Vargas Landeros2006–200960th Congress2009Rolando Zubía Rivera2009–201261st Congress2012Gerardo Peña Avilés2012–201562nd Congress2015Bernardino Antelo Esper2015–201863rd Congress2018Carlos Iván Ayala Bobadilla 20182018–202164th Congress2021 2021–202465th Congress2024 2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Sinaloa's 2nd district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 67.71802024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 63.7095
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