Английская Википедия:Fifth Federal Electoral District of Chiapas
The Fifth Federal Electoral District of Chiapas (V Distrito Electoral Federal de Chiapas) is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 12 such districts in the state of Chiapas.
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.
District territory
The Fifth District is located in the Chiapas Highlands north-western portion of the state and covers the municipalities of Amatenango del Valle, Chamula, Huixtán, Mitontic, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Tenejapa, Teopisca and Zinacantán.[1]
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas.
Previous districting schemes
1996–2005 district
Between 1996 and 2005, the Fifth District of Chiapas had a slightly different configuration. It covered the following municipalities:
- Chamula, Huixtan, Mitontic, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Tenejapa and Zinacantán, which are still part of its current composition, plus:
- Chalchihuitán, Chenalhó, Larráinzar and Pantelhó.[2]
Deputies returned to Congress from this district
Шаблон:Mexico political party legend
- L Legislature
- 1976–1979: Gonzalo Esponda Zebadúa (PRI)
- LI Legislature
- 1979–1982: Jaime Coutiño Esquinca (PRI)
- LII Legislature
- 1982–1985: Faustino Roos Mazo (PRI)
- LIII Legislature
- 1985–1988:
- LIV Legislature
- 1988–1991: César Ricardo Naumann Escobar (PRI)
- LV Legislature
- 1991–1994:
- LVI Legislature
- 1994–1997: Hildiberto Ochoa Samayos (PRI)
- LVII Legislature
- 1997–2000: Gilberto Velasco Rodríguez (PRI)
- LVIII Legislature
- 2000–2003: Nicolás Lorenzo Álvarez Martínez (PRI)
- LIX Legislature
- 2003–2006: Florencio Collazo Gómez (PRI)
- LX Legislature
- 2006–2009: Jorge Mario Lescieur Talavera (PRI)
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