The 4th federal electoral district of Morelos () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of five such districts in the state of Morelos.
It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative period 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 fourth region.
The 4th district was created through the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under those reforms, Morelos's seat allocation rose from two to four. The two new districts were first contested in the 1979 mid-term election.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Juan Ángel Flores Bustamante of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
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, the 4th district comprises 222 precincts () across 13 municipalities in the south-west of the state: Amacuzac, Coatetelco, Coatlán del Río, Jojutla, Mazatepec, Miacatlán, Puente de Ixtla, Tetecala, Tlaltizapán de Zapata, Tlaquiltenango, Xochitepec, Zacatepec and Xoxocotla.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the town of in the municipality of Jojutla. The district reported a population of 394,422 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Morelos 2 4 4 5 5 5 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
2017–2022 Under the scheme in force from 2017 to 2022, the 4th district's head town was at Jojutla and it comprised 10 municipalities: Amacuzac, Coatlán del Río, Jojutla, Mazatepec, Miacatlán, Puente de Ixtla, Temixco, Tetecala, Tlaquiltenango and Zacatepec.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, which gave Morelos its fifth congressional seat, the district had its head town was at Jojutla and it covered 10 municipalities: The link contains maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. Amacuzac, Coatlán del Río, Jojutla, Mazatepec, Miacatlán, Puente de Ixtla, Tetecala, Tlaquiltenango, Xochitepec and Zacatepec.
1996–2005 In the 1996 scheme, the head town was at Jojutla and the district comprised 11 municipalities: Amacuzac, Coatlán del Río, Jojutla, Mazatepec, Miacatlán, Puente de Ixtla, Tetecala, Tlaltizapán, Tlaquiltenango, Xochitepec and Zacatepec.
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, Morelos's seat allocation rose from two to four. The new 4th district covered 11 municipalities, with its head town at Jojutla: Amacuzac, Coatlán del Río, Jojutla, Mazatepec, Miacatlán, Puente de Ixtla, Tetecala, Tlaltizapán, Tlaquiltenango, Xochitepec and Zacatepec.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Morelos's 4th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1979Lauro Ortega Martínez1979–198251st Congress1982Emma Victoria Campos Figueroa1982–198552nd Congress1985Rubén Román Sánchez1985–198853rd Congress1988Pablo Torres Chávez1988–199154th Congress1991Felipe Ocampo Ocampo1991–199455th Congress1994Gerardo Flores González1994–199756th Congress1997Jesús Flores Carrasco1997–200057th Congress2000Bernardo Pastrana Gómez2000–200358th Congress2003Rosalina Mazari Espín2003–200659th Congress2006José Amado Orihuela Trejo2006–200960th Congress2009Rosalina Mazari Espín2009–201261st Congress2012Andrés Eloy Martínez Rojas2012–201562nd Congress2015Rosalina Mazari Espín2015–201863rd Congress20182018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress2024Juan Ángel Flores Bustamante2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Morelos's 4th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 69.16542024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 72.2431
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