3rd federal electoral district of Michoacán
Federal electoral district of Mexico
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The 3rd federal electoral district of Michoacán (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 03 de Michoacán) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 11 such districts in the state of Michoacán.[1]
| Michoacán's 3rd | |
|---|---|
Chamber of Deputies of Mexico | |
 3rd district since 2023 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Member | Mary Carmen Bernal Martínez |
| Party | ▌Labour Party |
| Congress | 66th (2024–2027) |
| District | |
| State | Michoacán |
| Head town | Heroica Zitácuaro |
| Coordinates | 19°26′N 100°22′W |
| Covers | |
| PR region | Fifth |
| Precincts | 272 |
| Population | 469,649 (2020 Census) |
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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 fifth region.[2][3]
The current member for the district, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is Mary Carmen Bernal Martínez of the Labour Party (PT).[4][5]
District territory
Michoacán lost its 12th district in the 2023 districting process carried out by the National Electoral Institute (INE). Under the new districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,[6] the 3rd district covers 272 precincts (secciones electorales) across 14 municipalities in the north-east of the state:[7]
- Angangueo, Aporo, Contepec, Epitacio Huerta, Juárez, Jungapeo, Maravatío, Ocampo, Senguio, Susupuato, Tlalpujahua, Tuxpan, Tuzantla and Zitácuaro.
The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Heroica Zitácuaro. The district reported a population of 469,649 in the 2020 Census.[1]
Previous districting schemes
| 1974 | 1978 | 1996 | 2005 | 2017 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michoacán | 9 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Chamber of Deputies | 196 | 300 | ||||
| Sources: [1][8][9][10] | ||||||
2017–2022
- Between 2017 and 2022, the district was located in the east of the state but shifted southwards compared to its 2023 configuration. Its head town was still at Zitácuaro and it comprised 13 municipalities:
2005–2017
- Under the 2005 districting plan, Michoacán lost its 13th district. The 3rd district's head town was at Zitácuaro but it covered a different set of 13 municipalities:[12][13]
- Angangueo, Aporo, Charo, Indaparapeo, Juárez, Jungapeo, Ocampo, Susupuato, Tiquicheo, Tuxpan, Tuzantla, Tzitzio and Zitácuaro.
1996–2005
- Under the 1996 districting plan, the district's head town was at Zitácuaro and it covered 13 municipalities in that region of the state:[14][13]
- Angangueo, Aporo, Contepec, Epitacio Huerta, Juárez, Jungapeo, Ocampo, Senguio, Susupuato, Tlalpujahua, Tuzantla, Tuxpan, Zitácuaro.
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 the reforms, Michoacán's allocation rose from 9 to 13.[8] The 3rd district's head town was at Zacapu and it covered eight municipalities in the centre of the state:[15]
- Coeneo, Cherán, Erongarícuaro, Jiménez, Nahuatzen, Pátzcuaro, Santa Clara and Zacapu.
Deputies returned to Congress
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| Election | Deputy | Party | Term | Legislature |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | Cayetano Andrade[16][17] | 1916–1917 | Constituent Congress of Querétaro | |
| ... | ||||
| 1979 | Norberto Mora Plancarte[18] |  |
1979–1982 | 51st Congress |
| 1982 | Raúl Lemus García[19] | |
1982–1985 | 52nd Congress |
| 1985 | Raúl Héctor Castellano[20] | |
1985–1988 | 53rd Congress |
| 1988 | Lorenzo Martínez Gómez[21] |  |
1988–1991 | 54th Congress |
| 1991 | José Jesús Gregorio Flores Alonzo[22] | |
1991–1994 | 55th Congress |
| 1994 | Froylán Velázquez Hernández[23] |  |
1994–1997 | 56th Congress |
| 1997 | Jaime Castro López[24] | |
1997–2000 | 57th Congress |
| 2000 | Silvano Aureoles Conejo[25][a] Donaldo Ortiz Colín[26] |
|
2000–2001 2001–2003 |
58th Congress |
| 2003 | Pascual Sigala Páez[27] | |
2003–2006 | 59th Congress |
| 2006 | Mario Vallejo Estévez[28] | |
2006–2009 | 60th Congress |
| 2009 | Dina Herrera Soto[29] | |
2009–2012 | 61st Congress |
| 2012 | Silvano Aureoles Conejo[30][b] Jesús Antonio Mora González[32] |
|
2012–2015 2015 |
62nd Congress |
| 2015 | Juan Antonio Ixtláhuac Orihuela[33] José Luis Baeza Rojas[34] |
|
2015–2018 2018 |
63rd Congress |
| 2018 | Mary Carmen Bernal Martínez[35] |  |
2018–2021 | 64th Congress |
| 2021 | Mary Carmen Bernal Martínez[36] | |
2021–2024 | 65th Congress |
| 2024[4][c] | Mary Carmen Bernal Martínez[5] | |
2024–2027 | 66th Congress |
Presidential elections
| Election | District won by | Party or coalition | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018[37] | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |   Juntos Haremos Historia |
49.6176 |
| 2024[38] | Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo |  Sigamos Haciendo Historia |
55.7834 |
Notes
- Aureoles Conejo resigned his seat on 30 December 2001 to take office as municipal president of Zitácuaro.
- Aureoles Conejo resigned his seat on 26 February 2015 in preparation for his successful run for governor of Michoacán.[31]
- The PAN/PRI/PRD candidate in the 2024 election, who placed second, was the former incumbent and former governor of Michoacán, Silvano Aureoles Conejo.