The Second Federal Electoral District of Chiapas ''(II Distrito Electoral Federal de Chiapas)'' is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal

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and one of 12 such districts in the

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Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

. It elects one deputy to the lower house of

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for each three-year legislative period, by means of the

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system.

District territory

The Second District of Chiapas is located in the Altos de Chiapas region and covers the

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of Aldama,

Bochil Bochil is a city and one of the 122 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 372.7 km². Bochil serves as the head town for the Second Federal Electoral District of Chiapas. As of 2010, the municipality had a total popu ...

, Chalchihuitán, Chapultenango,

Chenalhó Chenalhó is a town and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 113 km2. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 36,111, up from 27,331 as of 2005. As of 2010, the town of Chenalhó ...

, Francisco León, Huitiupán, Ixhuatán, Jitotol,

Larráinzar Larráinzar is one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. The municipal seat is the town of San Andrés Larráinzar San Andrés Larráinzar is a town in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It serves as the municipal seat for the ...

, Ocotepec,

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, Pantepec, Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán, Rayón,

San Andrés Duraznal San Andrés Duraznal is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the ...

San Juan Cancuc San Juan Cancuc is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 29,016, up from 20,688 as of 2005. 99.8% of the population speaks an indigenous language. It cove ...

Santiago el Pinar Santiago el Pinar is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the nor ...

Simojovel Simojovel is one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 40,297, up from 31,615 as of 2005. It covers an area of 446.99 km2. The municipality had 145 localities, the ...

, Sitalá, Tapalapa and Tapilula. The district's head town ''(cabecera distrital)'', where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the Second District was broadly located in the same region of Chiapas, but with a different composition. It covered municipalities from both the Los Altos region and the extreme north of the state: Amatán, Chapultenango, El Bosque, Francisco León, Huitiupán, Ixhuatán, Ixtacomitán, Ixtapangajoya, Jitotol, Juárez,

Ostuacán Ostuacán is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. In 2010, the municipality had a total population of 17,067, up from 17,026 in 2005. It covers an area of 946.4 km². In 2010, the town of Ostuacán had ...

, Pantepec,

Pichucalco Pichucalco is a town and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 29,813, up from 29,357 as of 2005. It covers an area of 1,078.1 km². As of 2010, the city of Pic ...

, Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán, Rayón,

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, Solosuchiapa, Sunuapa, Tapilula and Tapalapa. It was at that time centred on the city of

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

* L Legislature ** 1976–1979: Fernando Correa Suárez (PRI) * LI Legislature ** 1979–1982: Pedro Pablo Zepeda Bermúdez (PRI) * LII Legislature ** 1982–1985: Areli Madrid Tovilla (PRI) * LIII Legislature ** 1985–1988: * LIV Legislature ** 1988–1991: Javier López Moreno (PRI) * LV Legislature ** 1991–1994: * LVI Legislature ** 1994–1997: Antonio Pérez Hernández (PRI) * LVII Legislature ** 1997–2000: Francisco Javier Martínez Zorrilla (PRI) * LVIII Legislature ** 2000–2003: Andrés Carballo Bustamante (PRI) * LIX Legislature ** 2003–2006:

María Elena Orantes López María Elena Orantes López (born 24 July 1968) is a Mexican politician from the Citizens' Movement party. She serves as a deputy of the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing the third electoral region and the state of Chiapas ...

(PRI) * LX Legislature ** 2006–2009: Víctor Ortiz del Carpio (PRI)

References

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