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3rd federal electoral district of Morelos

The 3rd federal electoral district of Morelos () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of five such districts in the state of Morelos.

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. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the fourth region.

Suspended in 1930, the 3rd district was re-established by the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under those reforms, Morelos's seat allocation rose from two to four. The two new districts were first contested in the 1979 mid-term election.

The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Cindy Winkler Trujillo of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).

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 3rd district comprises 195 precincts () across seven municipalities in the south-east of the state:

The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Cuautla. The district reported a population of 396,172 in the 2020 Census.

Previous districting schemes

2017–2022

Under the scheme in force from 2017 to 2022, the 3rd district had its head town at Cuautla and it comprised five municipalities:
*Axochiapan, Ayala, Cuautla, Tepalcingo and Tlaltizapán.

2005–2017

Under the 2005 plan, which gave Morelos its fifth congressional seat, the district's head town was at Cuautla and it covered 10 municipalities:
*Atlatlahucan, Cuautla, Huitzilac, Ocuituco, Tepoztlán, Tetela del Volcán, Tlalnepantla, Tlayacapan, Totolapan and Yecapixtla.

1996–2005

In the 1996 scheme, the district had its head town at Cuautla and it comprised 11 municipalities:
*Axochiapan, Ayala, Cuautla, Jantetelco, Jonacatepec, Ocuituco, Temoac, Tepalcingo, Tetela del Volcán, Yecapixtla and Zacualpan.

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, Morelos's seat allocation rose from two to four. The new 3rd district's head town was at Yautepec and it covered 13 municipalities:
*Atlatlahucan, Emiliano Zapata, Huitzilac, Jiutepec, Ocuituco, Temixco, Tepoztlán, Tetela del Volcán, Tlalnepantla, Tlayacapan, Totolapan, Yautepec and Yecapixtla.

Deputies returned to Congress

Presidential elections

Notes

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