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5th federal electoral district of Guanajuato

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

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.

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

Presidential elections

Notes

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