9th federal electoral district of Guanajuato

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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]

MemberDiego Rodríguez Barroso
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Guanajuato's 9th
Electoral district of the
Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
  9th district since 2023
Incumbent
MemberDiego Rodríguez Barroso
PartyNational Action Party
Congress66th (2024–2027)
District
StateGuanajuato
Head townIrapuato
Coordinates20°40′N 101°21′W
CoversIrapuato (part), Silao
PR regionSecond
Precincts156
Population399,453 (2020 Census)
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Guanajuato's districts in 2017–2022

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

Evolution of electoral district numbers
197419781996200520172023
Guanajuato 91315141515
Chamber of Deputies 196300
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

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Guanajuato's 9th district
ElectionDeputyPartyTermLegislature
1916 [es] Manuel G. Aranda[16][17] 1916–1917 Constituent Congress
of Querétaro
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The 9th district was suspended between 1943 and 1961
1961 Enrique Rangel Meléndez[18] 1961–1964 45th Congress [es]
1964 Antonio Vázquez Pérez[19] 1964–1967 46th Congress [es]
1967 Enrique Rangel Meléndez[20] 1967–1970 47th Congress
1970 Luis Humberto Ducoing Gamba[21] 1970–1973 48th Congress [es]
1973 José Mendoza Lugo[22] 1973–1976 49th Congress [es]
1976 Donaciano Luna Hernández[23] 1976–1979 50th Congress
1979 Guadalupe Rivera Marín[24] 1979–1982 51st Congress
1982 Salvador Rocha Díaz [es][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 [es][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
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Presidential elections

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Guanajuato's 9th district
ElectionDistrict won byParty or coalition%
2018[43] Ricardo Anaya Cortés
Por México al Frente
39.2269
2024[44] Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
Sigamos Haciendo Historia
47.3866
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Notes

  1. The rest of the municipality was assigned to the 4th district.
  2. Romero Vázquez never took the oath of office. His alternate, Tovar Vargas, served in his stead throughout the congressional session.[41]

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