The 1st federal electoral district of Jalisco () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 20 such districts in the state of Jalisco.
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 first region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Francisco Javier Guízar Macías of the Labour Party (PT).
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 1st district covers the northern part of Jalisco, between the states of Nayarit and Zacatecas, and comprises 250 electoral precincts () across 23 of the state's 125 municipalities: 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 (), 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.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Jalisco 13 20 19 19 20 20 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
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: 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: The link contains maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. 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: 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. The 1st district covered a part of the sector Hidalgo in the state capital, Guadalajara. The link contains a precise description of the area covered.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Jalisco's 1st district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1976Guillermo Cosío Vidaurri1976–197950th Congress1979Eduardo Aviña Batiz1979–198251st Congress19821982–198552nd Congress1985Santiago Camarena Flores1985–198853rd Congress1988Blanca Leticia Escoto1988–199154th Congress1991Jorge Leobardo Lepe García1991–199455th Congress1994Juan Manuel Pérez Corona1994–199756th Congress1997Teresa Núñez Casas1997–200057th Congress2000Jaime Hernández González2000–200358th Congress2003Francisco Javier Guízar Macías2003–200659th Congress2006Gustavo Macías Zambrano2006–200960th Congress2009Ignacio Téllez González2009–201261st Congress2012Cesario Padilla Navarro2012–201562nd Congress2015Hugo Daniel Gaeta Esparza2015–201863rd Congress20182018–202164th Congress2021Gustavo Macías Zambrano2021–202465th Congress2024Francisco Javier Guízar Macías 2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 41.83122024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 49.9810
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