9th federal electoral district of Guanajuato
Federal electoral district of Mexico
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The 9th federal electoral district of Guanajuato (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 09 de Guanajuato) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 15 such districts in the state of Guanajuato.[1]
| Guanajuato's 9th | |
|---|---|
Chamber of Deputies of Mexico | |
9th district since 2023 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Member | Diego Rodríguez Barroso |
| Party | ▌National Action Party |
| Congress | 66th (2024–2027) |
| District | |
| State | Guanajuato |
| Head town | Irapuato |
| Coordinates | 20°40′N 101°21′W |
| Covers | Irapuato (part), Silao |
| PR region | Second |
| Precincts | 156 |
| Population | 399,453 (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 Diego Ángel Rodríguez Barroso 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 9th district is located in the central part of Guanajuato and covers 156 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across two of the state's 46 municipalities:[7]
The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Irapuato. The district reported a population of 399,453 in the 2020 Census.[1]
Previous districting schemes
| 1974 | 1978 | 1996 | 2005 | 2017 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guanajuato | 9 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Chamber of Deputies | 196 | 300 | ||||
| Sources: [1][8][9][10] | ||||||
2017–2022
- Between 2017 and 2022, the 9th district's head town was at Irapuato and it covered 70 precincts in the north of the municipality, together with the whole of Silao.[11][10]
2005–2017
- Under the 2005 plan, Guanajuato had only 14 districts. This district's head town was at Irapuato and it covered 202 precincts in the west of the municipality.[12][13][a]
1996–2005
- In the 1996 scheme, under which Guanajuato was assigned 15 seats, the district had its head town at Irapuato and it comprised the whole of the municipality.[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. Under that plan, Guanajuato's seat allocation rose from 9 to 13.[8] The 9th district's head town was at San Miguel de Allende and it covered 10 municipalities in the north-east of the state:[15]
Deputies returned to Congress
| Election | Deputy | Party | Term | Legislature | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | Manuel G. Aranda[16][17] | 1916–1917 | Constituent Congress of Querétaro | ||
| ... | |||||
| The 9th district was suspended between 1943 and 1961 | |||||
| 1961 | Enrique Rangel Meléndez[18] | 1961–1964 | 45th Congress | ||
| 1964 | Antonio Vázquez Pérez[19] | 1964–1967 | 46th Congress | ||
| 1967 | Enrique Rangel Meléndez[20] | 1967–1970 | 47th Congress | ||
| 1970 | Luis Humberto Ducoing Gamba[21] | 1970–1973 | 48th Congress | ||
| 1973 | José Mendoza Lugo[22] | 1973–1976 | 49th Congress | ||
| 1976 | Donaciano Luna Hernández[23] | 1976–1979 | 50th Congress | ||
| 1979 | Guadalupe Rivera Marín[24] | 1979–1982 | 51st Congress | ||
| 1982 | Salvador Rocha Díaz[25] | 1982–1985 | 52nd Congress | ||
| 1985 | María Luisa Mendoza Romero[26] | 1985–1988 | 53rd Congress | ||
| 1988 | María Esther Valiente Govea[27] | 1988–1991 | 54th Congress | ||
| 1991 | Juan Ignacio Torres Landa García[28] | 1991–1994 | 55th Congress | ||
| 1994 | Jaime Martínez Tapia[29] | 1994–1997 | 56th Congress | ||
| 1997 | José Ricardo Ortiz Gutiérrez[30] | 1997–2000 | 57th Congress | ||
| 2000 | Francisco Javier Chico Goerne[31] | 2000–2003 | 58th Congress | ||
| 2003 | Consuelo Camarena Gómez[32] | 2003–2006 | 59th Congress | ||
| 2006 | Marcela Cuen Garibi[33] | 2006–2009 | 60th Congress | ||
| 2009 | Sixto Alfonso Zetina Soto[34] | 2009–2012 | 61st Congress | ||
| 2012 | Alejandro Rangel Segovia[35] | 2012–2015 | 62nd Congress | ||
| 2015 | Yulma Rocha Aguilar[36] | 2015–2018 | 63rd Congress | ||
| 2018[37] | Janet Melanie Murillo Chávez[38] | 2018–2021 | 64th Congress | ||
| 2021[39] | Jorge Alberto Romero Vázquez[40][b] José Salvador Tovar Vargas[42] |
— 2021–2024 |
65th Congress | ||
| 2024[4] | Diego Ángel Rodríguez Barroso[5] | 2024–2027 | 66th Congress | ||
Presidential elections
| Election | District won by | Party or coalition | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018[43] | Ricardo Anaya Cortés | Por México al Frente |
39.2269 |
| 2024[44] | Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo | Sigamos Haciendo Historia |
47.3866 |
Notes
- The rest of the municipality was assigned to the 4th district.
