3rd federal electoral district of Nayarit

The 3rd federal electoral district of Nayarit (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 03 de Nayarit) 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 Nayarit.^[1]

Nayarit's 3rd
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
3rd district since 2017
Incumbent
Member	Jorge Armando Ortiz Rodríguez
Party	▌Morena
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	Nayarit
Head town	Compostela
Coordinates	21°14′N 104°54′W
Covers	Ahuacatlán, Amatlán de Cañas, Bahía de Banderas, Compostela, Ixtlán del Río, Jala, San Pedro Lagunillas, Santa María del Oro, Xalisco, La Yesca
PR region	First
Precincts	269
Population	454,432 (2020 Census)

Nayarit under the 2017–2022 districting plan

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 first region.^[2][3]

Suspended in 1930,^[a] the 3rd district was restored as part of the 1977 political reforms and was contended again in the 1979 election; between 1930 and 1979, Nayarit comprised only two federal electoral districts.^[7][8]

The current member for the district, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is Jorge Armando Ortiz Rodríguez of the Labour Party (PT).^[9][10]

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,^[11] the 3rd district covers 269 precincts (secciones electorales) across the state's ten southern municipalities:^[12]

• Ahuacatlán, Amatlán de Cañas, Bahía de Banderas, Compostela, Ixtlán del Río, Jala, San Pedro Lagunillas, Santa María del Oro, Xalisco and La Yesca.

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Compostela. The district reported a population of 454,432 in the 2020 Census.^[1]

Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers

	1974	1978	1996	2005	2017	2023
Nayarit	2	3	3	3	3	3
Chamber of Deputies	196	300
Sources: [1][13][14][15]

2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022, the 3rd district had the same composition as in the 2023 plan.^[15][16]

2005–2017

Between 2005 and 2017 the district was located in the south of the state. It had the same composition as in the 2023 plan, with the addition of the municipality of San Blas. The head town was at Compostela.^[17][18]

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005 the district had the same composition as in 2005–2017, with the exception of the municipality of La Yesca, which belonged to the 2nd district.^[19][18]

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, Nayarit's seat allocation rose from two to three.^[7] The restored 3rd district had its head town at Compostela and it comprised ten of the state's municipalities.^[20]

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

Nayarit's 3rd district

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1916 [es]	Juan Espinosa Bávara[21][22]		1916–1917	Constituent Congress of Querétaro
1917	José Ahumada[23]		1917–1918	27th Congress
1918	Juan Espinosa Bávara[24]		1918–1920	28th Congress
1920	Ricardo A. Álvarez[25]		1920–1922	29th Congress
1922 [es]	Apolonio R. Guzmán[26]		1922–1924	30th Congress
1924	José de la Peña[27]		1924–1926	31st Congress
1926	Pedro López S.[28]		1926–1928	32nd Congress
1928	Enrique Espinoza[29]		1928–1930	33rd Congress
The 3rd district was suspended between 1930 and 1979
1979	Carlos Serafín Ramírez[30]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Juan Medina Cervantes[31]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Enrique Medina Lomelí[32]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Olga López Castillo[33] Rafael Mascorro Toro		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	José Ramón Navarro Quintero[34]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Liberato Montenegro Villa[35]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Miguel Ángel Navarro Quintero[36]		1997–2000	57th Congress
2000	José Manuel Quintanilla Rentería[37]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	Raúl Mejía González[38]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	Sergio Sandoval Paredes[39]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	Ivideliza Reyes Hernández[40]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	Gloria Elizabeth Núñez Sánchez[41]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Jasmine María Bugarín Rodríguez[42]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018[43]	Mirtha Iliana Villalvazo Amaya[44]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021[45]	Jorge Armando Ortiz Rodríguez[46]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024[9]	Jorge Armando Ortiz Rodríguez[10]		2024–2027	66th Congress

Presidential elections

Nayarit's 3rd district

Election	District won by	Party or coalition	%
2018[47]	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Juntos Haremos Historia	63.7251
2024[48]	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo	Sigamos Haciendo Historia	64.0309

Notes

1. An amendment to Article 52 of the Constitution in 1928 changed the original provision of "one deputy per 60,000 inhabitants" to "one deputy per 100,000";^[4][5] as a result, the size of the Chamber of Deputies fell from 281 in the 1928 election to 171 in 1934.^[6]