2nd federal electoral district of Chiapas

The 2nd federal electoral district of Chiapas (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 02 de Chiapas) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 13 such districts in the state of Chiapas.^[1]

Chiapas's 2nd
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
2nd district
Incumbent
Member	Karina Margarita del Río Zenteno
Party	▌Morena
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	Chiapas
Head town	Bochil
Coordinates	16°59′N 92°55′W
Covers	16 municipalities Bochil, El Bosque, Chalchihuitán, Chenalhó, Huitiupán, Ixtapa, Jitotol, Larrainzar, Mitontic, Pantelhó, Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán, Simojovel, Soyaló, Ixtapa, San Andrés Duraznal, Santiago el Pinar
PR region	Third
Precincts	121
Population	400,254 (2020 Census)
Indigenous	Yes (71%)

Chiapas under the 2017–2022 districting scheme

2nd district in 2005–2017

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.^[2][3]

The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Karina Margarita del Río Zenteno of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).^[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 second district comprises 121 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across 16 municipalities:^[7][8]

• Bochil, El Bosque, Chalchihuitán, Chenalhó, Huitiupán, Ixtapa, Jitotol, Larrainzar, Mitontic, Pantelhó, Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán, Simojovel, Soyaló, Ixtapa, San Andrés Duraznal and Santiago el Pinar.

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Bochil. The district reported a population of 400,254 in the 2020 Census.^[1] With Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 71% of that total, it is classified by the INE as an indigenous district.^[7][a]

Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers

	1974	1978	1996	2005	2017	2023
Chiapas	6	9	12	12	13	13
Chamber of Deputies	196	300
Sources: [1][9][10][11]

2017–2022

Under the 2017 districting scheme, the district comprised 18 municipalities in the same part of the state. The head town was at Bochil.^[12]

2005–2017

Between 2005 and 2017, the 2nd district was located in the Altos de Chiapas region and covered the municipalities of Aldama, Bochil, Chalchihuitán, Chapultenango, Chenalhó, Francisco León, Huitiupán, Ixhuatán, Jitotol, Larráinzar, Ocotepec, Pantelhó, Pantepec, Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán, Rayón, San Andrés Duraznal, San Juan Cancuc, Santiago el Pinar, Simojovel, Sitalá, Tapalapa and Tapilula.^[13]

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, the 2nd 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, Chapultenango, El Bosque, Francisco León, Huitiupán, Ixhuatán, Ixtacomitán, Ixtapangajoya, Jitotol, Juárez, Ostuacán, Pantepec, Pichucalco, Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán, Rayón, Reforma, Simojovel, Solosuchiapa, Sunuapa, Tapilula and Tapalapa. It was at that time centred on the city of Pichucalco.^[14]

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, Chiapas's seat allocation rose from six to nine.^[15] The second district had its head town at San Cristóbal de Las Casas and it covered 13 municipalities.^[16]

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

Chiapas's 2nd district

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1976	Fernando Correa Suárez[17]		1976–1979	50th Congress
1979	Pedro Pablo Zepeda Bermúdez[18]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Areli Madrid Tovilla[19]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	César Augusto Santiago Ramírez[20]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Javier López Moreno[21]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Cuauhtémoc López Sánchez Coello[22]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Antonio Pérez Hernández[23]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Francisco Javier Martínez Zorrilla[24]		1997–2000	57th Congress
2000	Andrés Carballo Bustamante[25]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	María Elena Orantes López[26]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	Víctor Ortiz del Carpio[27]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	Hernán de Jesús Orantes López[28]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	Pedro Gómez Gómez[29]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Hernán de Jesús Orantes López[30]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018[31]	Humberto Pedrero Moreno [es][32]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021[33]	Adela Ramos Juárez [es][34][b]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024[4]	Karina Margarita del Río Zenteno[5]		2024–2027	66th Congress

Presidential elections

Chiapas's 2nd district

Election	District won by	Party or coalition	%
2018[36]	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Juntos Haremos Historia	45.5633
2024[37]	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo	Sigamos Haciendo Historia	67.6580

Notes

1. The INE deems any local or federal electoral district where Indigenous or Afrodescendent inhabitants number 40% or more of the population to be an indigenous district.^[1]
2. Originally elected on the Morena ticket, Ramos Juárez switched allegiance to the PAN in October 2023.^[35]