The 1st federal electoral district of Guerrero () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of eight such districts in the state of Guerrero.
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 current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Celeste Mora Eguiluz of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
District territory Guerrero lost a congressional seat in the 2023 redistricting 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, the reconfigured 1st district is located in the state's Tierra Caliente region and covers 617 electoral precincts () across 19 municipalities: Coyuca de Catalán, Ajuchitlán, San Miguel Totolapan, Apaxtla, Cuetzala del Progreso, Teloloapan, Ixcateopan, Pedro Ascencio Alquisiras, General Canuto A. Neri, Arcelia, Tlapehuala, Tlalchapa, Cutzamala, Pungarabato and Zirándaro (all included in the 2017 scheme) Pilcaya, Tetipac, Taxco and Buenavista de Cuéllar (new additions)
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Ciudad Altamirano in the municipality of Pungarabato. The district reported a population of 482,210 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Guerrero 6 10 10 9 9 8 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
Because of shifting population patterns, Guerrero currently has two fewer districts than the ten the state was assigned under the 1977 electoral reforms that set the national total at 300.
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, Guerrero was allocated nine electoral districts. The 1st district had its head town at Ciudad Altamirano and it comprised 16 municipalities: Coyuca de Catalán, Ajuchitlán, San Miguel Totolapan, Apaxtla, Cuetzala del Progreso, Teloloapan, Ixcateopan, Pedro Ascencio Alquisiras, General Neri, Arcelia, Tlapehuala, Tlalchapa, Cutzamala, Pungarabato and Zirándaro (all included in the 2023 plan), plus the municipality of Cocula.
2005–2017 The 2005 districting plan assigned Guerrero nine districts. The 1st district covered 12 municipalities in the north-west of the state: Ajuchitlán del Progreso, Apaxtla, Arcelia, Coyuca de Catalán, Cutzamala de Pinzón, General Heliodoro Castillo, Leonardo Bravo, Pungarabato, San Miguel Totolapan, Tlalchapa, Tlapehuala and Zirándaro. The head town was at Ciudad Altamirano.
1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, which allocated Guerrero ten districts, the head town was moved to Coyuca de Catalán. The district covered nine municipalities: The link contains maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. Ajuchitlán del Progreso, Arcelia, Coyuca de Catalán, Cutzamala de Pinzón, Pungarabato, San Miguel Tlalchapa, Tlapehuala, Totolapan and Zirándaro.
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, Guerrero's district allocation rose from six to ten. The 1st district had its head town at the state capital, Chilpancingo, and it covered the municipalities of Coyuca de Benítez, Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Juan R. Escudero, Mochitlán, Quechultenango and Tixtla de Guerrero.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Guerrero's 1st district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1979Herón Varela Alvarado1979–198251st Congress1982Zótico García Pastrana1982–198552nd Congress19851985–198853rd Congress1988Carlos Javier Vega Memije1988–199154th Congress19911991–199455th Congress1994Efrén Nicolás Leyva Acevedo1994–199756th Congress1997Cuauhtémoc Salgado RomeroFernando Castillo Cervantes1997–200057th Congress2000Héctor Pineda Velázquez2000–200358th Congress2003Abel Echeverría Pineda2003–200659th Congress2006Daniel Torres García2006–200960th Congress2009Cuauhtémoc Salgado Romero2009–201261st Congress2012Catalino Duarte Ortuño2012–201562nd Congress2015Silvia Rivera Carbajal2015–201863rd Congress2018Víctor Adolfo Mojica Wences2018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress2024Celeste Mora Eguiluz2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Guerrero's 1st district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 62.01022024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 68.5645
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