1st 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] the 1st district covers the northern part of Jalisco, between the states of Nayarit and Zacatecas, and comprises 250 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across 23 of the state's 125 municipalities:^[7]

• Ahualulco de Mercado, Amatitán, Ameca, Bolaños, Chimaltitán, Colotlán, El Arenal, Etzatlán, Hostotipaquillo, Huejúcar, Huejuquilla El Alto, Magdalena, Mezquitic, San Cristóbal de la Barranca, San Juanito de Escobedo, San Marcos, San Martín de Bolaños, Santa María de los Ángeles, Tala, Tequila, Teuchitlán, Totatiche and Villa Guerrero.

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Tequila. The district reported a population of 413,905 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 1st district's head town was at Tequila and it covered 24 municipalities in the north of the state:^[11][10]

• Ahualulco de Mercado, Amatitán, Bolaños, Chimaltitán, Colotlán, Cuquío, El Arenal, Etzatlán, Hostotipaquillo, Huejúcar, Huejuquilla El Alto, Ixtlahuacán del Río, Magdalena, Mezquitic, San Cristóbal de la Barranca, San Juanito de Escobedo, San Marcos, San Martín de Bolaños, Santa María de los Ángeles, Tala, Tequila, Teuchitlán, Totatiche and Villa Guerrero.

2005–2017

Under the 2005 plan, Jalisco had 19 districts. This district's head town was at Tequila and it covered 24 of the state's northern municipalities:^[12][13]

• Ahualulco de Mercado, Amatitán, Bolaños, Chimaltitán, Colotlán, Cuquío, El Arenal, Etzatlán, Hostotipaquillo, Huejúcar, Huejuquilla El Alto, Ixtlahuacán del Río, Magdalena, Mezquitic, San Cristóbal de la Barranca, San Juanito de Escobedo, San Marcos, San Martín de Bolaños, Santa María de los Ángeles, Tala, Tequila, Teuchitlán, Totatiche and Villa Guerrero.

1996–2005

In the 1996 scheme, under which Jalisco lost a single-member seat, the district had its head town at Tequila and it comprised 21 municipalities:^[14][13]

• Ahualulco de Mercado, Amatitán, Antonio Escobedo, Bolaños, Chimaltitán, Colotlán, El Arenal, Etzatlán, Hostotipaquillo, Huejúcar, Huejuquilla El Alto, Magdalena, Mezquitic, San Marcos, San Martín de Bolaños, Santa María de los Ángeles, Tala, Tequila, Teuchitlán, Totatiche and Villa Guerrero.

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 1st district covered a part of the sector Hidalgo in the state capital, Guadalajara.^[15]