3rd 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,^[6] Jalisco's 3rd district is located in the east of the state and comprises 208 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across 13 of the state's 125 municipalities:^[7]

• Acatic, Cañadas de Obregón, Cuquío, Ixtlahuacán del Río, Juanacatlán, Mexticacán, San Ignacio Cerro Gordo, Tepatitlán de Morelos, Tototlán, Valle de Guadalupe, Yahualica de González Gallo, Zapotlán del Rey and Zapotlanejo.

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Tepatitlán. The district reported a population of 407,269 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][8][9][10]

2017–2022

Jalisco regained its 20th congressional seat in the 2017 redistricting process. The 3rd district's head town was at Tepatitlán and it covered 12 municipalities in the north-east of the state:^[11][10]

• Arandas, Cañadas de Obregón, Jalostotitlán, Jesús María, Mexticacán, San Ignacio Cerro Gordo, San Miguel el Alto, Teocaltiche, Tepatitlán de Morelos, Valle de Guadalupe, Villa Hidalgo and Yahualica de González Gallo.

2005–2017

Under the 2005 plan, Jalisco had 19 districts. This district's head town was at Tepatitlán and it covered 11 municipalities in the north-east of the state:^[12][13]

• Acatic, Arandas, Cañadas de Obregón, Jalostotitlán, Mexticacán, San Diego de Alejandría, San Julián, San Miguel el Alto, Tepatitlán de Morelos, Valle de Guadalupe and Yahualica de González Gallo.

1996–2005

In the 1996 scheme, under which Jalisco lost a single-member seat, the district had its head town at Tepatitlán and it comprised 10 municipalities in the north-east of the state:^[14][13]

• Acatic, Arandas, Cañadas de Obregón, Jalostotitlán, Jesús María, Mexticacán, San Miguel el Alto, Tepatitlán de Morelos, Valle de Guadalupe and Yahualica de González Gallo.

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.^[8] The 3rd district covered a part of the sector Juárez in the state capital, Guadalajara.^[15]