The 7th 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 Diana EstefanÃÂa Gutiérrez Valtierra 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, the 7th district is on Guanajuato's western border with Jalisco and comprises 197 electoral precincts () across five of the state's 46 municipalities:
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of San Francisco del Rincón. The district reported a population of 352,989 in the 2020 Census.
Previous districting schemes
2017âÂÂ2022
Between 2017 and 2022, the 7th district's head town was at San Francisco del Rincón and it covered four municipalities in the west of the state:
*Manuel Doblado, PurÃÂsima del Rincón, San Francisco del Rincón (as in the 2023 plan), plus Pénjamo.
2005âÂÂ2017
Under the 2005 plan, Guanajuato had only 14 districts. This district's head town was at San Francisco del Rincón and it covered four municipalities:
*PurÃÂsima del Rincón, San Francisco del Rincón and Pénjamo (as in the 2017 plan), plus Silao.
1996âÂÂ2005
In the 1996 scheme, under which Guanajuato was assigned 15 seats, the district had its head town at San Francisco del Rincón and it comprised five municipalities:
*Manuel Doblado, Cuerámaro, PurÃÂsima del Rincón, Romita and San Francisco del Rincón.
1978âÂÂ1996
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 7th district comprised the municipalities of Acámbaro (which served as the head town), Apaseo el Alto, Apaseo el Grande, Coroneo, Jerécuaro and Tarandacuao.
Deputies returned to Congress
Presidential elections
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