The 17th federal electoral district of Jalisco () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 20 such districts in the state of Jalisco.
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.
Suspended in 1930, the 17th district was re-established as part of the 1977 electoral reforms. The restored district returned its first deputy in the 1979 mid-term election.
The current member for the district, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is Antonio de Jesús Ramírez Ramos of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).
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, Jalisco's 17th district covers an area mostly located on the northern and western shores of Lake Chapala. It comprises 153 electoral precincts () across nine of the state's 125 municipalities: Acatlán de Juárez, Chapala, Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Jocotepec, Ocotlán, Poncitlán, Techaluta de Montenegro, Villa Corona and Zacoalco de Torres.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Jocotepec. The district reported a population of 408,742 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Jalisco 13 20 19 19 20 20 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
2017–2022 Jalisco regained its 20th congressional seat in the 2017 redistricting process. The 17th district's head town was at Jocotepec and it covered 15 municipalities: Acatlán de Juárez, Atemajac de Brizulea, Cocula, Concepción de Buenos Aires, Chapala, Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Jocotepec, La Manzanilla de La Paz, Mazamitla, San Martín Hidalgo, Teocuitatlán de Corona, Tizapán El Alto, Tuxcueca, Villa Corona and Zacoalco de Torres.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, Jalisco had 19 districts. This district's head town was at Jocotepec and it covered 18 municipalities: The link contains maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. Acatlán de Juárez, Atoyac, Concepción de Buenos Aires, Chapala, Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Jocotepec, Juanacatlán, La Manzanilla de La Paz, Mazamitla, Poncitlán, Quitupan, Techaluta de Montenegro, Teocuitatlán de Corona, Tizapán El Alto, Tuxcueca, Valle de Juárez, Zacoalco de Torres and Zapotlanejo.
1996–2005 In the 1996 scheme, under which Jalisco lost a single-member seat, the district had its head town at Jocotepec and it comprised 16 municipalities. Acatlán de Juárez, Amacueca, Atemajac de Brizulea, Atoyac, Chapala, Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Jocotepec, Sayula, Tapalpa, Techaluta, Teocuitatlán de Corona, Tizapán El Alto, Tlacomulco de Zúñiga, Tuxcueca, Villa Corona and Zacoalco de Torres.
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, Jalisco's seat allocation rose from 13 to 20. The restored 17th district's head town was at Zapopan and it covered a part of the city and of its surrounding municipality.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Jalisco's 17th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ... The 17th district was suspended between 1930 and 197919791979–198251st Congress1982Nicolás de Jesús Orozco Ramírez1982–198552nd Congress19851985–198853rd Congress1988Sofía Valencia Abundis1988–199154th Congress1991Bernardo Gutiérrez Ochoa1991–199455th Congress1994Francisco Javier Guízar Macías1994–199756th Congress1997Felipe de Jesús Rangel Vargas1997–200057th Congress2000Rafael Ramírez Sánchez2000–200358th Congress2003Roberto Antonio Marrufo Torres2003–200659th Congress2006Francisco Javier Gudiño Ortiz2006–200960th Congress2009Felipe de Jesús Rangel Vargas2009–201261st Congress2012María Angélica Magaña Zepeda2012–201562nd Congress2015Martha Lorena Covarrubias Anaya2015–201863rd Congress2018Juan Martín Espinoza Cárdenas2018–202164th Congress2021Antonio de Jesús Ramírez Ramos2021–202465th Congress2024Antonio de Jesús Ramírez Ramos2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Jalisco's 17th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 43.04792024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 54.4784
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