The 4th federal electoral district of Guanajuato () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 15 such districts in the state of Guanajuato.
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 second region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Francisco Javier Estrada Domínguez 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, Guanajuato's 4th district covers 219 electoral precincts () across four of the state's 46 municipalities: Guanajuato, Ocampo, San Diego de la Unión and San Felipe.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Guanajuato. The district reported a population of 380,060 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Guanajuato 9 13 15 14 15 15 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the 4th district had the same configuration as in the 2023 plan.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, Guanajuato had only 14 districts. This district's head town was the state capital and it covered three municipalities: The link contains maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. Guanajuato and Dolores Hidalgo in their entirety, plus 47 precincts in the north-east of Irapuato.
1996–2005 In the 1996 scheme, under which Guanajuato was assigned 15 seats, the district had its head town at Guanajuato and it comprised two municipalities in their entirety: Guanajuato and Silao.
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, Guanajuato's seat allocation rose from 9 to 13. The 4th district covered the whole of the municipality of Irapuato.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Guanajuato's 4th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...19761976–197950th Congress1979Martín Aureliano Montaño Arteaga1979–198251st Congress1982Luis Vaquera García1982–198552nd Congress1985Jesús Gutiérrez Segoviano1985–198853rd Congress1988Antonio del Río Abaunza1988–199154th Congress1991Francisco Javier Alvarado Arreguín1991–199455th Congress1994Humberto Meza Galván1994–199756th Congress1997Francisco Agustín Arroyo Vieyra1997–200057th Congress2000Clemente Padilla Silva 2000–200358th Congress2003Francisco Agustín Arroyo Vieyra2003–200659th Congress2006Margarita Arenas Guzmán2006–200960th Congress2009Ruth Esperanza Lugo Martínez2009–201261st Congress2012María Esther Garza Moreno2012–201562nd Congress2015Erika Lorena Arroyo Bello2015–201863rd Congress2018Juan Carlos Romero Hicks2018–202164th Congress2021Juan Carlos Romero Hicks2021–202465th Congress2024Francisco Javier Estrada Domínguez2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Guanajuato's 4th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Ricardo Anaya Cortés Por México al Frente35.72992024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 46.4311
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