The 5th federal electoral district of Jalisco () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 20 such districts in the state of Jalisco.
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 first region.
The current member for the district, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is Bruno Blancas Mercado of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
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, Jalisco's 5th district is located in the west of the state on the border with Nayarit and the Pacific Ocean coast. It comprises 165 electoral precincts () across 11 of the state's 125 municipalities:
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the resort city of Puerto Vallarta. The district reported a population of 393,394 in the 2020 Census.
Previous districting schemes
2017âÂÂ2022
Jalisco regained its 20th congressional seat in the 2017 redistricting process. The 5th district's head town was at Puerto Vallarta and it covered nine municipalities:
*Atenguillo, Cabo Corrientes, Guachinango, Mascota, Mixtlán, Puerto Vallarta, San Sebastián del Oeste, Talpa de Allende and Tomatlán.
2005âÂÂ2017
Under the 2005 plan, Jalisco had 19 districts. This district's head town was at Puerto Vallarta and it covered 14 municipalities:
*Atengo, Atenguillo, Ayutla, Cabo Corrientes, Cuautla, Guachinango, La Huerta, Mascota, Mixtlán, Puerto Vallarta, Villa Purificación, San Sebastián del Oeste, Talpa de Allende and Tomatlán.
1996âÂÂ2005
In the 1996 scheme, under which Jalisco lost a single-member seat, the district had its head town at Puerto Vallarta and it comprised ten municipalities:
*Ameca, Atenguillo, Cabo Corrientes, Guachinango, Mascota, Mixtlán, Puerto Vallarta, San Sebastián del Oeste, Talpa de Allende and Tomatlán.
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, Jalisco's seat allocation rose from 13 to 20. The 5th district's head town was at Colotlán in the extreme north of the state and it covered 18 municipalities:
*Acatic, Bolaños, Colotlán, CuquÃÂo, Chimaltitán, Hostotipaquillo, Huejúcar, Huejuquilla El Alto, Ixtlahuacán del RÃÂo, Magdalena, Mezquitic, San Cristóbal de la Barranca, San MartÃÂn de Bolaños, Santa MarÃÂa de los ÃÂngeles, Tequila, Totatiche, Villa Guerrero and Zapotlanejo.
Deputies returned to Congress
Presidential elections
References