The 2nd 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 Tecutli José Guadalupe Gómez Villalobos of the Citizens' Movement (MC).
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, Jalisco's 2nd district covers the north-eastern part of Jalisco, between the states of Zacatecas, Aguascalientes and Guanajuato, and comprises 202 electoral precincts () across seven of the state's 125 municipalities: Encarnación de Díaz, Lagos de Moreno, Ojuelos de Jalisco, San Juan de los Lagos, Teocaltiche, Unión de San Antonio and Villa Hidalgo.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Lagos de Moreno. The district reported a population of 410,252 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 2nd district's head town was at Lagos de Moreno and it covered seven municipalities in the north-east of the state: Encarnación de Díaz, Lagos de Moreno, Ojuelos de Jalisco, San Diego de Alejandría, San Juan de los Lagos, San Julián and Unión de San Antonio.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, Jalisco had 19 districts. This district's head town was at Lagos de Moreno and it covered the same seven municipalities as in the 2023 plan: The link contains maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. Encarnación de Díaz, Lagos de Moreno, Ojuelos de Jalisco, San Juan de los Lagos, Teocaltiche, Unión de San Antonio and Villa Hidalgo.
1996–2005 In the 1996 scheme, under which Jalisco lost a single-member seat, the district had its head town at Lagos de Moreno and it comprised nine municipalities in the north-east of the state: Encarnación de Díaz, Lagos de Moreno, Ojuelos de Jalisco, San Diego de Alejandría, San Juan de los Lagos, San Julián, Teocaltiche, Unión de San Antonio and Villa Hidalgo.
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 2nd district covered a part of the sector Libertad in the state capital, Guadalajara. The link contains a precise description of the area covered.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Jalisco's 2nd district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureMarcelino Dávalos1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...19701970–19731973Gilberto Acosta Bernal1973–19761976Reynaldo Dueñas Villaseñor1976–197950th Congress1979Agapito Isaac López1979–198251st Congress1982Ramiro Plascencia Loza1982–198552nd Congress1985Justino Delgado Caloca1985–198853rd Congress1988Sergio Alfonso Rueda Montoya1988–199154th Congress1991Francisco Ruiz Guerrero1991–199455th Congress1994Miguel Acosta Ruelas1994–199756th Congress1997María Antonia Durán López1997–200057th Congress2000José de Jesús Hurtado Torres2000–200358th Congress2003José Luis Treviño Rodríguez2003–200659th Congress2006Martha Angélica Romo Jiménez2006–200960th Congress2009Olivia Guillén Padilla2009–201261st Congress2012José Noel Pérez de Alba2012–201562nd Congress2015Evelyng Soraya Flores Carranza2015–201863rd Congress20182018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress2024Tecutli José Guadalupe Gómez Villalobos2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Jalisco's 2nd district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Ricardo Anaya Cortés Por México al Frente46.51752024Bertha Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz Fuerza y Corazón por México 37.3474
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