6th federal electoral district of Chiapas

The 6th federal electoral district of Chiapas (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 06 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 6th
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
6th district
Incumbent
Member	Flor de María Esponda Torres
Party	▌Morena
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	Chiapas
Head town	Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Coordinates	16°45′N 93°07′W
Covers	Acala, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapilla, Emiliano Zapata, Nicolás Ruiz, San Lucas, Suchiapa, Totolapa, Tuxtla Gutiérrez (part), Venustiano Carranza
PR region	Third
Precincts	169
Population	431,967 (2020 Census)

Chiapas under the 2017–2022 districting scheme

2005–2017 6th district shaded blue

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 third region.^[2][3]

The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Flor de María Esponda Torres 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] Chiapas's 5th district covers 169 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across 10 municipalities:^[7][8]

• Acala, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapilla, Emiliano Zapata, Nicolás Ruiz, San Lucas, Suchiapa, Totolapa, Tuxtla Gutiérrez (part)^[a] and Venustiano Carranza.

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 Tuxtla Gutiérrez. The district reported a population of 431,967 in the 2020 Census.^[1]

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]

2005–2017

In 2017–2022, the district covered the municipalities of Acala, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapilla, Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Suchiapa, Totolapa and Tuxtla Gutiérrez. The head town was at Tuxtla Gutiérrez.^[12]

2005–2017

From 2005 to 2017, the 6th district was located in the centre of the state and covered the municipalities of Acala, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapilla, Chicoasén, Ixtapa, Las Rosas, Nicolás Ruiz, Osumacinta, San Lucas, Soyaló, Suchiapa, Totolapa, and Venustiano Carranza, plus the southern and western parts of the municipality of Tuxtla Gutiérrez. The head town was the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez.^[13]

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, the district had a different configuration. The head town was Chiapa de Corzo and it covered the following municipalities:

• Acala, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapilla, Ixtapa, Nicolás Ruiz, San Lucas, Soyaló, Totolapa and Venustiano Carranza, all of which remained assigned to district in the 2005 plan, plus:
• Bochil, La Concordia, and Villa Corzo.^[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 6th district had its head town at Palenque and it covered 12 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 6th district

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1967	Patrocinio González Garrido[17]		1967–1970	47th Congress
1970	Octavio Cal y Mayor Sauz[18]		1970–1973	48th Congress
1973	María Guadalupe Cruz Aranda[19]		1973–1976	49th Congress
1976	Leonardo León Cerpa[20]		1976–1979	50th Congress
1979	Alberto Ramón Cerdio Bado[21]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Humberto Pulido García[22]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Ylse Sarmiento Gómez[23]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Romeo Ruiz Armento[24]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Marlene Herrera Díaz[25]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Rafael Ceballos Cancino[26]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Roberto Albores Guillén [es][27][b] Agustín Santiago Albores		1997–1999 1999–2000	57th Congress
2000	Roberto Domínguez Castellanos[28]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	Roberto Aguilar Hernández[29]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	Héctor Narcia Álvarez[30]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	Mirna Lucrecia Camacho Pedrero[31]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	Williams Ochoa Gallegos[32]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Sasil Dora Luz de León Villard[33]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018[34]	Zoé Robledo Aburto[35][c] Raúl Bonifaz Moedano[36]		2018 2018–2021	64th Congress
2021[37]	Jorge Luis Llaven Abarca [es][38][d]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024[4]	Flor de María Esponda Torres[5]		2024–2027	66th Congress

Presidential elections

Chiapas's 6th district

Election	District won by	Party or coalition	%
2018[40]	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Juntos Haremos Historia	71.4591
2024[41]	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo	Sigamos Haciendo Historia	71.9112

Notes

1. The remainder of Tuxtla Gutiérrez is assigned to the 9th district.
2. Albores Guillén requested a leave of absence from Congress upon his appointment as interim governor of Chiapas, following the resignation of Julio César Ruiz Ferro in the aftermath of the Acteal Massacre of 22 December 1997.
3. Robledo resigned his seat in November 2018 to assume a position with the federal Secretariat of the Interior.
4. Elected on a Morena ticket, Llaven Abarca joined the PT group in Congress in April 2022.^[39] He then aligned with the PVEM group in September 2022.^[38]