The 5th 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, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is Éctor Jaime Ramírez Barba of the National Action Party (PAN).
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 5th district covers 180 electoral precincts () across the western portion of the municipality of León.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of León. The district reported a population of 430,386 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 5th district's head town was at León and it covered 205 precincts in the west of the municipality.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, Guanajuato had only 14 districts. This district's head town was at León and it covered 204 precincts in the north-west of the municipality. The link contains maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes.
1996–2005 In the 1996 scheme, under which Guanajuato was assigned 15 seats, the district had its head town at León and it comprised 197 precincts in the west of the municipality.
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 5th district's head town was at Pénjamo and it covered five municipalities: Manuel Doblado, Cuerámaro, Pénjamo, Purísima del Rincón and San Francisco del Rincón.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Guanajuato's 5th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureDavid Peñaflor1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1964Vicente Salgado Páez1964–19671967Ignacio Vázquez Torres1967–197047th Congress1970Bonifacio Ibarra Morales1970–19731973José Luis Estrada Delgadillo1973–19761976Aurelio Garcia Sierra1976–197950th Congress1979Jorge Martínez Domínguez1979–198251st Congress1982Rubén García Farías1982–198552nd Congress1985Eliseo Rodríguez Ramírez1985–198853rd Congress1988Rubén García Farías1988–199154th Congress1991Juvenal Medel Ledezma1991–199455th Congress1994Pascual Ramírez Córdova1994–199756th Congress1997Ricardo Arturo Ontiveros y Romo1997–200057th Congress2000Miguel Gutiérrez Hernández2000–200358th Congress2003Mario Ernesto Dávila Aranda2003–200659th Congress2006Éctor Jaime Ramírez Barba2006–200960th Congress2009Lucila del Carmen Gallegos Camarena2009–201261st Congress2012Diego Sinhué Rodríguez VallejoViridiana Lizette Espino Cano2012–201562nd Congress2015Alejandra Noemí Reynoso Sánchez2015–201863rd Congress2018Éctor Jaime Ramírez Barba2018–202164th Congress2021Éctor Jaime Ramírez Barba2021–202465th Congress2024Éctor Jaime Ramírez Barba2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Guanajuato's 5th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Ricardo Anaya Cortés Por México al Frente52.45032024Bertha Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz Fuerza y Corazón por México48.1595
Notes
References