The 9th 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, elected in the 2024 general election, is Diego Ángel Rodríguez Barroso 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, the 9th district is located in the central part of Guanajuato and covers 156 electoral precincts () across two of the state's 46 municipalities: 78 precincts in the north of Irapuato and the entirety of Silao.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Irapuato. The district reported a population of 399,453 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 9th district's head town was at Irapuato and it covered 70 precincts in the north of the municipality, together with the whole of Silao.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, Guanajuato had only 14 districts. This district's head town was at Irapuato and it covered 202 precincts in the west 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 Irapuato and it comprised the whole 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 9th district's head town was at San Miguel de Allende and it covered 10 municipalities in the north-east of the state: Allende, Atarjea, Doctor Mora, San José Iturbide, San Luis de la Paz, Santa Catarina, Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas, Tierra Blanca, Victoria and Xichú.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Guanajuato's 9th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureManuel G. Aranda1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ... The 9th district was suspended between 1943 and 19611961Enrique Rangel Meléndez1961–19641964Antonio Vázquez Pérez1964–19671967Enrique Rangel Meléndez1967–197047th Congress1970Luis Humberto Ducoing Gamba1970–19731973José Mendoza Lugo1973–19761976Donaciano Luna Hernández1976–197950th Congress1979Guadalupe Rivera Marín1979–198251st Congress19821982–198552nd Congress1985María Luisa Mendoza Romero1985–198853rd Congress1988María Esther Valiente Govea1988–199154th Congress1991Juan Ignacio Torres Landa García1991–199455th Congress1994Jaime Martínez Tapia1994–199756th Congress19971997–200057th Congress2000Francisco Javier Chico Goerne2000–200358th Congress2003Consuelo Camarena Gómez2003–200659th Congress2006Marcela Cuen Garibi2006–200960th Congress2009Sixto Alfonso Zetina Soto2009–201261st Congress2012Alejandro Rangel Segovia2012–201562nd Congress2015Yulma Rocha Aguilar2015–201863rd Congress2018Janet Melanie Murillo Chávez2018–202164th Congress2021Jorge Alberto Romero VázquezJosé Salvador Tovar Vargas—2021–202465th Congress2024Diego Ángel Rodríguez Barroso2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Guanajuato's 9th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Ricardo Anaya Cortés Por México al Frente39.22692024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 47.3866
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