4th federal electoral district of Jalisco

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,^[7] Jalisco's 4th district is located in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area and comprises 144 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across the municipality of Zapopan.^[8][a]

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Zapopan. The district reported a population of 441,436 in the 2020 Census.^[1]

Evolution of electoral district numbers

	1974	1978	1996	2005	2017	2023
Jalisco	13	20	19	19	20	20
Chamber of Deputies	196	300
Sources: [1][9][10][11]

2017–2022

Jalisco regained its 20th congressional seat in the 2017 redistricting process. The 4th district covered 119 precincts in the municipality of Zapopan.^[12][11]

2005–2017

Under the 2005 plan, Jalisco had 19 districts. The 4th district comprised 107 precincts in the municipality of Zapopan.^[13][14]

1996–2005

In the 1996 scheme, under which Jalisco lost a single-member seat, the district had its head town at Zapopan and it covered a part of that municipality, together with the municipalities of Cuquío, Ixtlahuacán del Río and San Cristóbal de la Barranca.^[15][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, Jalisco's seat allocation rose from 13 to 20.^[9] The 4th district covered a part of the sector Reforma in the state capital, Guadalajara.^[16]