The 2nd federal electoral district of Tabasco () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of six such districts in the state of Tabasco.
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 third region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Iván Peña Vidal 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, Tabasco's 2nd district is in the west and covers 219 electoral precincts () across two of the state's municipalities:
Cárdenas and Huimanguillo.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Heroica Cárdenas. The district reported a population of 433,301 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Tabasco 3 5 6 6 6 6 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
2017–2022 From 2017 to 2022, the district had the same configuration as in the 2023 scheme.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, the district's head town was at Heroica Cárdenas and it covered Huimanguillo in its entirety and the bulk of Cárdenas (29 precincts in the south-east corner were assigned to the 3rd district). The link contains maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
1996–2005 Tabasco gained its 6th district in the 1996 redistricting process. The 2nd covered the municipalities of Huimanguillo and Cárdenas in their entirety, with the head town at Heroica Cárdenas.
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, Tabasco's seat allocation rose from three to five. The district's head town was at Centla and it comprised the municipalities of Balancán, Centla, Emiliano Zapata, Jalpa de Méndez, Jonuta, Nacajuca and Tenosique.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Tabasco's 2nd district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureSantiago Ocampo1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1973Humberto Hernández Haddad1973–197649th Congress1976Roberto Madrazo Pintado1976–197950th Congress1979Ángel Mario Martínez Zentella1979–198251st Congress1982Óscar Cantón Zetina1982–198552nd Congress1985Manuel Urrutia Castro1985–198853rd Congress19881988–199154th Congress19911991–199455th Congress1994José de la Cruz Martínez López1994–199756th Congress1997Abenamar de la Fuente Lazo1997–200057th Congress2000Enrique Priego OropezaNeftalí Jiménez Olán2000–20032001–200258th Congress2003Luis Felipe Madrigal Hernández2003–200659th Congress2006Francisco Sánchez Ramos2006–200960th Congress2009María Estela de la Fuente Dagdug2009–201261st Congress2012Tomás Brito Lara2012–201562nd Congress2015Óscar Ferrer Ávalos2015–201863rd Congress2018Teresa Burelo Cortazar2018–202164th Congress2021Karla María Rabelo Estrada 2021–202465th Congress2024Iván Peña Vidal2024–202766th Congress
Results The corresponding page on the Spanish-language Wikipedia contains results of the congressional elections since 2003.
Presidential elections + Tabasco's 2nd district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 76.21572024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 81.2303
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