2nd federal electoral district of Aguascalientes

The 2nd federal electoral district of Aguascalientes (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 02 de Aguascalientes) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of three such districts in the state of Aguascalientes.^[1]

Aguascalientes's 2nd
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
2nd district
Incumbent
Member	Mónica Becerra Moreno [es]
Party	▌National Action Party
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	Aguascalientes
Head town	Aguascalientes
Coordinates	21°53′N 102°18′W
Covers	Municipality of Aguascalientes (part)
PR region	Second
Precincts	195
Population	472,112 (2020 Census)

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.^[2][3]

The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Mónica Becerra Moreno [es] of the National Action Party (PAN).^[4][5]

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,^[6] the 2nd district covers 195 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) in the north-east of the municipality of Aguascalientes.^[7][a]

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Aguascalientes. The district reported a population of 472,112 in the 2020 Census.^[1]

Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers

	1974	1978	1996	2005	2017	2023
Aguascalientes	2	2	3	3	3	3
Chamber of Deputies	196	300
Sources: [1][8][9][10]

2017–2022

In the 2017 scheme, the 2nd district covered 192 precincts in the north-east of the municipality of Aguascalientes.^[11][10]

2005–2017

Under the 2005 redistricting process, it was made up of 120 precincts in the eastern portion of the municipality of Aguascalientes.^[12][13]

1996–2005

Aguascalientes gained its third congressional seat in 1996. The reconfigured 2nd district covered 164 precincts in the northern portion of the municipality of Aguascalientes.^[14][13]

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. Aguascalientes's seat allocation, however, remained unchanged at two.^[8] The 2nd district covered the entire state except for the city of Aguascalientes.^[15]

Deputies returned to Congress

National parties
Current
	PAN
	PRI
	PT
	PVEM
	MC
	Morena
Defunct or local only
	PLM
	PNR
	PRM
	PNM
	PP
	PPS
	PARM
	PFCRN
	Convergencia
	PANAL
	PSD
	PES
	PES
	PRD

Aguascalientes's 2nd district

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1916 [es]	Daniel Cervantes Gutiérrez[16][17]		1916–1917	Constituent Congress of Querétaro
1917	Enrique Muñoz[18]		1917–1918	27th Congress
1918	Enrique Fernández Ledesma[19]		1918–1920	28th Congress
1920	Rodrigo Palacio[20]		1920–1922	29th Congress
1922 [es]	Rodrigo Palacio[21]		1922–1924	30th Congress
1924	Manuel Carpio[22]		1924–1926	31st Congress
1926	Isaac Díaz de León[23]		1926–1928	32nd Congress
1928	Rafael Quevedo[24]	PVA	1928–1930	33rd Congress
1930	Pedro Quevedo[25]		1930–1932	34th Congress
1932	Pedro Quevedo[26]		1932–1934	35th Congress
1934	José de Lara[27]		1934–1937	36th Congress
1937	Pedro Quevedo[28]		1937–1940	37th Congress
1940	Vicente Madrigal Guzmán[29]		1940–1943	38th Congress
1943	Manuel Moreno Sánchez[30]		1943–1946	39th Congress
1946	Roberto J. Rangel[31]		1946–1949	40th Congress
1949	Salvador Luévano Romo[32]		1949–1952	41st Congress
1952	Benito Palomino Dena[33]		1952–1955	42nd Congress
1955	Alberto Alcalá de Lira[34]		1955–1958	43rd Congress
1958	Enrique Olivares Santana[35]		1958–1961	44th Congress
1961	Carmen Araiza López[36]		1961–1964	45th Congress
1964	Augusto Gómez Villanueva[37]		1964–1967	46th Congress
1967	José Refugio Esparza Reyes[38]		1967–1970	47th Congress
1970	Baudelio Lariz Lariz[39]		1970–1973	48th Congress
1973	Higinio Chávez Marmolejo[40]		1973–1976	49th Congress
1976	Augusto Gómez Villanueva[41] Camilo López Gómez		1976–1977 1977–1979	50th Congress
1979	Gilberto Romo Nájera[42]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Héctor Hugo Olivares Ventura[43]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Miguel Ángel Barberena Vega[44] Alberto Alcalá de Lira		1985–1986 1986–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Augusto Gómez Villanueva[45]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Javier Hernández Rangel[46]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Héctor Hugo Olivares Ventura[47]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Benjamín Gallegos Soto[48]		1997–2000	57th Congress
2000	Fernando Herrera Ávila[49]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	Francisco Javier Valdés de Anda[50]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	Ernesto Ruiz Velasco[51]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	David Hernández Vallín[52]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	María Teresa Jiménez Esquivel[53]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Arlette Ivette Muñoz Cervantes[54]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018[55]	Elba Lorena Torres Díaz [es][56]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021[57]	Mónica Becerra Moreno [es][58]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024[4]	Mónica Becerra Moreno [es][5]		2024–2027	65th Congress

Presidential elections

Aguascalientes's 2nd district

Election	District won by	Party or coalition	%
2018[59]	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Juntos Haremos Historia	45.0182
2024[60][b]	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo	Sigamos Haciendo Historia	47.0117

Notes

1. The 3rd district covers the remainder of the municipality.
2. Despite losing in the 1st and 2nd districts, Aguascalientes was the only state where Xóchitl Gálvez of the Fuerza y Corazón por México coalition won a plurality of the vote.^[61]