Second Federal Electoral District of Chiapas
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Federal Electoral Districts of Mexico
The Federal Electoral Districts of Mexico are the 300 constituencies or electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of federal elections. Each district returns one Federal Deputy, who sits in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Federal Congress...
into which Mexico
Mexico
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is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 12 such districts in the state
States of Mexico
The United Mexican States is a federal republic formed by 32 federal entities .According to the Constitution of 1917, the states of the federation are free and sovereign. Each state has their own congress and constitution, while the Federal District has only limited autonomy with a local Congress...
of Chiapas
Chiapas
Chiapas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas is one of the 31 states that, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 118 municipalities and its capital city is Tuxtla Gutierrez. Other important cites in Chiapas include San Cristóbal de las...
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It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress
Congress of Mexico
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for each three-year legislative period, by means of the first past the post
Plurality voting system
The plurality voting system is a single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member constituencies...
system.
District territory
The Second District of Chiapas is located in the Altos de Chiapas region andcovers the municipalities of
Aldama
Aldama, Chiapas
Aldama is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, there are 3,635 in the municipality. It covers an area of 26.57 km²....
, Bochil
Bochil
Bochil is a town and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 22,722.It covers an area of 372.7 km²....
, Chalchihuitán
Chalchihuitán
Chalchihuitán is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 12,256. It covers an area of 74.5 km²....
, Chapultenango
Chapultenango
Chapultenango is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 6,965. It covers an area of 161.5 km²....
, Chenalhó
Chenalhó
Chenalhó is a town and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 27,331. It covers an area of 113 km².The Acteal Massacre of 22 December 1997 occurred in the municipality of Chenalhó....
, Francisco León, Huitiupán
Huitiupán
Huitiupán is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 20,041. It covers an area of 149 km²....
, Ixhuatán
Ixhuatán, Chiapas
Ixhuatán is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 8,877 . It covers an area of 72 km²....
, Jitotol
Jitotol
Jitotol is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 13,076. It covers an area of 203.7 km²....
, Larráinzar
Larráinzar
Larráinzar is one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. The municipal seat is the town of San Andrés Larráinzar.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 16,538.It covers an area of 171.04 km²....
, Ocotepec
Ocotepec, Chiapas
Ocotepec is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 9,271. It covers an area of 59.6 km²....
, Pantelhó
Pantelhó
Pantelhó is a town and one of the 118 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 16,262. It covers an area of 136.6 km²....
, Pantepec
Pantepec
Pantepec is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 8,566 . It covers an area of 47.2 km²....
, Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán
Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán
Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 24,405. It covers an area of 419.8 km²....
, Rayón, San Andrés Duraznal
San Andrés Duraznal
San Andrés Duraznal is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,423. It covers an area of 29.9 km²....
, San Juan Cancuc
San Juan Cancuc
San Juan Cancuc is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 20,688. It covers an area of 233.5 km²....
, Santiago el Pinar
Santiago el Pinar
Santiago el Pinar is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 2,174. It covers an area of 17.76 km²....
, Simojovel
Simojovel
Simojovel is one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 31,615. It covers an area of 446.99 km².The municipal seat is the town of Simojovel de Allende.- Economía :...
, Sitalá
Sitalá
Sitalá is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 7,959. It covers an area of 178.9 km²....
, Tapalapa
Tapalapa
Tapalapa is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,639. It covers an area of 32.3 km²....
and Tapilula
Tapilula
Tapilula is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 10,349. It covers an area of 126.7 km²....
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The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Bochil
Bochil
Bochil is a town and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 22,722.It covers an area of 372.7 km²....
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1996–2005 district
Between 1996 and 2005, the Second District was broadly located in the same region of Chiapas, but with a different composition. It covered municipalities from both the Los Altos region and the extreme north of the state:Amatán
Amatán
Amatán is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 18.775.It covers an area of 109.3 km²....
, Chapultenango
Chapultenango
Chapultenango is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 6,965. It covers an area of 161.5 km²....
, El Bosque
El Bosque, Chiapas
El Bosque is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 14,993. It covers an area of 241 km²....
, Francisco León, Huitiupan
Huitiupán
Huitiupán is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 20,041. It covers an area of 149 km²....
, Ixhuatán
Ixhuatán, Chiapas
Ixhuatán is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 8,877 . It covers an area of 72 km²....
, Ixtacomitán
Ixtacomitán
En español: IxtacomitánIxtacomitán is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 9,143 . It covers an area of 149 km²....
, Ixtapangajoya
Ixtapangajoya
Ixtapangajoya is a town and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 4,707, with 826 in the municipal seat.It covers an area of 201.2 km²....
, Jitotol
Jitotol
Jitotol is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 13,076. It covers an area of 203.7 km²....
, Juárez
Juárez, Chiapas
Juárez is a town and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 19,956. It covers an area of 161.5 km²....
, Ostuacán
Ostuacán
Ostuacán is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 17,026 . It covers an area of 946.4 km²....
, Pantepec
Pantepec
Pantepec is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 8,566 . It covers an area of 47.2 km²....
, Pichucalco
Pichucalco
Pichucalco is a town and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 29,357.It covers an area of 1,078.1 km²....
, Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán
Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán
Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 24,405. It covers an area of 419.8 km²....
, Rayón
Rayón, Chiapas
Rayón is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 6,870. It covers an area of 94.4 km²....
, Reforma
Reforma, Chiapas
Reforma is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 34,809. It covers an area of 399.9 km²....
, Simojovel
Simojovel
Simojovel is one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 31,615. It covers an area of 446.99 km².The municipal seat is the town of Simojovel de Allende.- Economía :...
, Solosuchiapa
Solosuchiapa
Solosuchiapa is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 7,784. It covers an area of 362.7 km²....
, Sunuapa
Sunuapa
Sunuapa is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 1,936. It covers an area of 178.9 km²....
, Tapilula
Tapilula
Tapilula is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 10,349. It covers an area of 126.7 km²....
and Tapalapa
Tapalapa
Tapalapa is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,639. It covers an area of 32.3 km²....
. It was at that time centred on the city of Pichucalco
Pichucalco
Pichucalco is a town and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 29,357.It covers an area of 1,078.1 km²....
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Deputies returned to Congress from this district
- L Legislature
- 1976–1979: Fernando Correa Suárez (PRI)
- LI Legislature
- 1979–1982: Pedro Pablo Zepeda Bermúdez (PRI)
- LII Legislature
- 1982–1985: Arely Madrid Tovilla (PRI)
- LIII Legislature
- 1985–1988:
- LIV Legislature
- 1988–1991: Javier López Moreno (PRI)
- LV Legislature
- 1991–1994:
- LVI LegislatureLVI Legislature of the Mexican Congress-Members of the LVI Legislature:# Dip. Aburto Torres Taide# Dip. Acebo Salman Jesús Guillermo# Dip. Aceves del Olmo Carlos Humberto# Dip. Aceves Hernández Pablo Pedro# Dip. Acosta Ruelas Miguel# Dip. Aguiar Ortega Gabriel# Dip. Aguilar Martínez José Luis...
- 1994–1997: Antonio Pérez Hernández (PRI)
- LVII LegislatureLVII Legislature of the Mexican CongressThe LVII Legislature of the Congress of Mexico met from 1997 to 2000....
- 1997–2000: Francisco Javier Martínez Zorrilla (PRI)
- LVIII LegislatureLVIII Legislature of the Mexican CongressThe LVIII Legislature of the Congress of Mexico met from September 1, 2000, to August 31, 2003. All members of the LVIII Legislature were elected in the elections of July 2000....
- 2000–2003: Andrés Carballo Bustamante (PRI)
- LIX LegislatureLIX Legislature of the Mexican CongressThe LIX Legislature of the Congress of Mexico met from September 2003 to August 2006. All members of the lower house of the Congress were elected in the elections of July 2003 while members of the upper house were elected in the elections of July 2000.-Chamber of Deputies:-Senate of...
- 2003–2006: María Elena Orantes López (PRI)
- LX LegislatureLX Legislature of the Mexican CongressThe LX Legislature of the Congress of Mexico is meeting from September 1, 2006, to September 1, 2009. All members of both the lower and upper houses of Congress were elected in the elections of July 2006.-Senators by state:-Plurinominal Senators:...
- 2006–2009: Víctor Ortiz del Carpio (PRI)