The 4th 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.
The 4th district was created through 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 Juan ÃÂngel Flores Bustamante 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, the 4th district comprises 222 precincts () across 13 municipalities in the south-west of the state:
- Amacuzac, Coatetelco, Coatlán del RÃÂo, Jojutla, Mazatepec, Miacatlán, Puente de Ixtla, Tetecala, Tlaltizapán de Zapata, Tlaquiltenango, Xochitepec, Zacatepec and Xoxocotla.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the town of in the municipality of Jojutla. The district reported a population of 394,422 in the 2020 Census.
Previous districting schemes
2017âÂÂ2022
Under the scheme in force from 2017 to 2022, the 4th district's head town was at Jojutla and it comprised 10 municipalities:
*Amacuzac, Coatlán del RÃÂo, Jojutla, Mazatepec, Miacatlán, Puente de Ixtla, Temixco, Tetecala, Tlaquiltenango and Zacatepec.
2005âÂÂ2017
Under the 2005 plan, which gave Morelos its fifth congressional seat, the district had its head town was at Jojutla and it covered 10 municipalities:
*Amacuzac, Coatlán del RÃÂo, Jojutla, Mazatepec, Miacatlán, Puente de Ixtla, Tetecala, Tlaquiltenango, Xochitepec and Zacatepec.
1996âÂÂ2005
In the 1996 scheme, the head town was at Jojutla and the district comprised 11 municipalities:
*Amacuzac, Coatlán del RÃÂo, Jojutla, Mazatepec, Miacatlán, Puente de Ixtla, Tetecala, Tlaltizapán, Tlaquiltenango, Xochitepec and Zacatepec.
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, Morelos's seat allocation rose from two to four. The new 4th district covered 11 municipalities, with its head town at Jojutla:
*Amacuzac, Coatlán del RÃÂo, Jojutla, Mazatepec, Miacatlán, Puente de Ixtla, Tetecala, Tlaltizapán, Tlaquiltenango, Xochitepec and Zacatepec.
Deputies returned to Congress
Presidential elections
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