Seventh Federal Electoral District Of Chiapas
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.
Suspended in 1930, the seventh district was re-established as part of the 1977 electoral reforms. Under the 1975 districting plan, Chiapas had only six congressional districts; under the 1977 reforms, the number increased to nine. The restored seventh district elected its first deputy, to the 51st Congress, in the 1979 legislative election.
District territory
Under the 2022 districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, Chiapas's seventh district covers nine municipalities along the Pacific Ocean coast and the border with the state of Oaxaca:
- Acacoyagua, Acapetahua, Arriaga, Cintalapa, Escuintla, Jiquipilas, Mapastepec, Pijijiapan and Tonalá.
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Tonalá.
Previous districting schemes
- 2017–2022
Between 2017 and 2022, the 7th district comprised nine municipalities in the same region of the state, but with some changes: Acacoyagua, Acapetahua, Arriaga, Escuintla, Huixtla, Mapastepec, Pijijiapan, Tonalá and Villa Comaltitlán.
- 2005–2017
In 2005–2017, the district was located on the Pacific coast. It comprised the municipalities of Acacoyagua, Acapetahua, Arriaga, Escuintla, Mapastepec, Pijijiapan, Tonalá and Villa Comaltitlán. The head town was the city of Tonalá.
- 1996–2005
Between 1996 and 2005, the district had a slightly different configuration in the same region. It covered Arriaga, Pijijiapan, Tonalá, Cintalapa and Jiquipilas.
Deputies returned to Congress from this district
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Current | |
![]() | PAN |
![]() | PRI |
![]() | PT |
![]() | PVEM |
![]() | MC |
![]() | Morena |
Defunct or local only | |
![]() | PLM |
![]() | PNR |
![]() | PRM |
![]() | PPS |
![]() | PRD |
![]() | Convergencia |
![]() | PANAL |
![]() | PSD |
![]() | PES |
Legislature | Term | Election | Deputy | Party |
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The seventh district was suspended between 1930 and 1979 | ||||
51st Congress | 1979–1982 | 1979 | Antonio Cueto Citalán | ![]() |
52nd Congress | 1982–1985 | 1982 | Sami David David | ![]() |
53rd Congress | 1985–1988 | 1985 | ||
54th Congress | 1988–1991 | 1988 | Neftalí Rojas Hidalgo | ![]() |
55th Congress | 1991–1994 | 1991 | ||
56th Congress | 1994–1997 | 1994 | Gabriel Aguiar Ortega | ![]() |
57th Congress | 1997–2000 | 1997 | Juan Oscar Trinidad Palacios | ![]() |
58th Congress | 2000–2003 | 2000 | Patricia Aguilar García | ![]() |
59th Congress | 2003–2006 | 2003 | Francisco Grajales Palacios | ![]() |
60th Congress | 2006–2009 | 2006 | Fernel Gálvez Rodríguez | ![]() |
61st Congress | 2009–2012 | 2009 | José Manuel Marroquín Toledo | ![]() |
62nd Congress | 2012–2015 | 2012 | Francisco Grajales Palacios | ![]() |
63rd Congress | 2015–2018 | 2015 | Diego Valera Fuentes | ![]() |
64th Congress | 2018–2021 | 2018 | Miguel Prado de los Santos | ![]() |
65th Congress | 2021–2024 | 2021 | Manuel de Jesús Narcia Coutiño | ![]() |
66th Congress | 2024–2027 | 2024 | Azucena Arreola Trinidad | ![]() |