The 3rd federal electoral district of Guanajuato () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 15 such districts in the state of Guanajuato.
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 second region.
The current member for the district, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is Fernando Torres Graciano of the National Action Party (PAN).
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, Guanajuato's 3rd district covers 214 electoral precincts () across the northern portion of the municipality of León.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of León. The district reported a population of 433,046 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Guanajuato 9 13 15 14 15 15 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the 3rd district's head town was at León and it covered 151 precincts in the north of the municipality.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, Guanajuato had only 14 districts. This district's head town was at León and it covered 191 precincts in the north-east of the municipality. The link contains maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes.
1996–2005 In the 1996 scheme, under which Guanajuato was assigned 15 seats, the district had its head town at León and it comprised 214 precincts in the north of the municipality.
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, Guanajuato's seat allocation rose from 9 to 13. The 3rd district covered portions of the city and municipality of León. The link contains a detailed description of the district's territory within the municipality.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Guanajuato's 3rd district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureJosé Natividad Macías Castorena1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1976Juan José Varela Mayorga1976–197950th Congress1979Juan Rojas Moreno1979–198251st Congress1982Gregorio López García1982–198552nd Congress1985Héctor Hugo Varela Flores1985–198853rd Congress1988Vicente Fox Quesada1988–199154th Congress1991Luis Arturo Bernabé Torres del Valle1991–199455th Congress1994Ricardo Padilla Martín1994–199756th Congress1997Alberto Cifuentes Negrete1997–200057th Congress2000Ricardo Sheffield Padilla2000–200358th Congress2003Jorge Carlos Obregón Serrano2003–200659th Congress2006Ernesto Oviedo Oviedo2006–200960th Congress2009José Guadalupe Vera Hernández2009–201261st Congress2012Elizabeth Vargas Martín del Campo2012–201562nd Congress2015Ricardo Sheffield Padilla2015–201863rd Congress2018María de los Ángeles Ayala Díaz2018–202164th Congress2021Fernando Torres Graciano2021–202465th Congress2024Fernando Torres Graciano2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Guanajuato's 3rd district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Ricardo Anaya Cortés Por México al Frente57.69952024Bertha Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz Fuerza y Corazón por México58.7536
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