Fourth federal electoral district of Yucatán

Federal electoral districts of Yucatán since 2022
Yucatán under the 2017–2022 districting plan
2005–2017 fourth district

The fourth federal electoral district of Yucatán (Distrito electoral federal 04 de Yucatán) 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 Yucatán.

It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative period 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.[1][2]

Created as part of the 1977 electoral reforms,[3] it was first contested in the 1979 mid-term election.

District territory

Yucatán gained a congressional seat in the 2022 redistricting process. Under the new districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,[4] the fourth district comprises 137 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) in the north of the municipality of Mérida.[5][a]

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the state capital, the city of Mérida.[6]

The district has a population of 390,688.[b] With Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 43% of that number, Yucatán's fourth – like all the state's electoral districts, both local and federal – is classified by the National Electoral Institute (INE) as an indigenous district.[6]

Previous districting schemes

2017–2022

Between 1996 and 2022, Yucatán had five federal electoral districts. Under the 2017 scheme, the fourth district's head town was at Mérida and it covered 230 precincts in the north of the municipality.[7]

2005–2017

Under the 2005 districting scheme, the district covered 211 precints in the south and north-eastern portions of the municipality of Mérida, with the city of Mérida as its head town.[8][9]

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, the district covered the eastern portion of the municipality of Mérida, with the city of Mérida as its head town.[9]

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, Yucatán's district allocation rose from three to four.[3] The newly created fourth district had its head town at Mérida and it covered part of the city, the rural portion of the municipality of Mérida, and a series of neighbouring municipalities.[10]

Deputies returned to Congress

Mexico National parties
Current
PAN
PRI
PT
PVEM
MC
Morena
Defunct or local only
PLM
PNR
PRM
PP
PPS
PARM
PFCRN
Convergencia
PANAL
PSD
PES
PRD
Fourth federal electoral district of Yucatán
Election Deputy Party Term Legislature
1979 Roger Milton Rubio Madera[11] 1979–1982 51st Congress
1982 Dulce María Sauri Riancho[12] 1982–1985 52nd Congress
1985 Renán Solís Avilés[13] 1985–1988 53rd Congress
1988 Eric Rubio Barthell[14] 1988–1991 54th Congress
1991 Ignacio Mendicuti Pavón[15] 1991–1994 55th Congress
1994 Tuffy Gaber Arjona [es][16] 1994–1997 56th Congress
1997 Edgar Martín Ramírez Pech[17] 1997–2000 57th Congress
2000 Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Machado[18] 2000–2003 58th Congress
2003 Virginia Baeza Estrella[19] 2003–2006 59th Congress
2006 Edgar Martín Ramírez Pech[20][c]
Dolores Rodríguez Sabido[22]
2006–2009
2009
60th Congress
2009 Rolando Zapata Bello[23][d]
Daniel Jesús Granja Peniche[25]
2009–2011
2011–2012
61st Congress
2012 Raúl Paz Alonzo[26] 2012–2015 62nd Congress
2015 Francisco Alberto Torres Rivas[27] 2015–2018 63rd Congress
2018 Elías Lixa Abimerhi [es][28] 2018–2021 64th Congress
2021 Cecilia Patrón Laviada [es][29] 2021–2024 65th Congress
2024 María Isabel Rodríguez Heredia[30] 2024–2027 66th Congress

Notes

  1. ^ The third and sixth districts cover the remainder of the municipality.
  2. ^ Total inhabitants, not voting population.
  3. ^ Ramírez Pech resigned his seat on 26 March 2009.[21]
  4. ^ Zapata Bello resigned his seat on 14 December 2011 to contend (successfully) for the governorship of Yucatán.[24]

References

  1. ^ "How Mexico Elects Its Leaders — The Rules". Mexico Solidarity Project. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Circunscripciones" (PDF). ayuda.ine.mx. Instituto Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b González Casanova, Pablo (1993). Las Elecciones en México: evolución y perspectivas (3 ed.). Siglo XXI. p. 219. ISBN 9789682313219. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  4. ^ De la Rosa, Yared (20 February 2023). "Nueva distritación electoral le quita diputados a la CDMX y le agrega a Nuevo León". Forbes México. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  5. ^ Domínguez Massa, David (3 October 2023). "Redistritación en Mérida y Yucatán: ¿Cuándo serán aprobados los cambios?". Diario de Yucatán. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021–2023" (PDF). Instituto Nacional Electoral. p. 228. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  7. ^ ""Descriptivo de la distritación federal: Yucatán, marzo 2017"" (PDF). Cartografía. Instituto Nacional Electoral. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Federal Electoral por el que se establece la demarcación territorial de los trescientos distritos electorales federales uninominales en que se divide el país". Diario Oficial de la Federación. 2 March 2005. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Condensado de Yucatán" (PDF). Federal Electoral Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008. The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 plans.
  10. ^ "Yucatán". División del Territorio de la República en 300 Distritos Electorales Uninominales para Elecciones Federales. Diario Oficial de la Federación. 29 May 1978. p. 40. Retrieved 15 August 2024. The link contains a list of the municipalities covered.
  11. ^ "Legislatura 51" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Legislatura 52" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Legislatura 53" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Legislatura 54" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Legislatura 55" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Legislatura 56" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
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  18. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Machado, LVIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  19. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Virginia Yleana Baeza Estrella, LIX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  20. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Edgar Martín Ramírez Pech, LX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  21. ^ "Solicitud de licencia de Edgar Ramírez Pech" (PDF). Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  22. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Dolores del Socorro Rodríguez Sabido, LX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  23. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Rolando Rodrigo Zapata Bello, LXI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  24. ^ "Solicitud de licencia del diputado Rolando Rodrigo Zapata Bello". Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  25. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Daniel Jesús Granja Peniche, LXI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  26. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Raúl Paz Alonzo, LXII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  27. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Francisco Alberto Torres Rivas, LXIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  28. ^ "Perfil: Dip. José Elías Lixa Abimerhi, LXIV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  29. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Cecilia Anunciación Patrón Laviada, LXV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  30. ^ "Yucatán Distrito 4. Mérida". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

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