The First Federal Electoral District of Chiapas ''(I Distrito Electoral Federal de Chiapas)'' is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which

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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

Under the 2005 districting scheme, the First District of Chiapas covers the

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of northeastern Chiapas:

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Chilón Chilón is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 2490 km2. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 111,554, up from 77,686 as of 2005. As of 2010, the town of Chilón ha ...

, La Libertad,

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, Sabanilla,

Salto de Agua Salto de Agua is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 57,253, up from 49,300 as of 2005. It covers an area of 1289.2 km2. Other than the town of ...

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and

Yajalón Yajalón is a city and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 34,028, up from 26,044 as of 2005. It covers an area of 162.3 km². As of 2010, the city of Yajaló ...

. 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 district had exactly the same composition as it currently has.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

* L Legislature ** 1976–1979:

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(PRI) * LI Legislature ** 1979–1982:

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(PRI) * LII Legislature ** 1982–1985:

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(PRI) * LIII Legislature ** 1985–1988: * LIV Legislature ** 1988–1991:

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(PRI) * LV Legislature ** 1991–1994: * LVI Legislature ** 1994–1997:

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(PRI) * LVII Legislature ** 1997–2000: Arquímides León Ovando (PRI) * LVIII Legislature ** 2000–2003: Jesús Alejandro Cruz Gutiérrez (PRI) * LIX Legislature ** 2003–2006: Jorge Utrilla Robles (PRI) * LX Legislature ** 2006–2009: Yari del Carmen Gebhardt Garduza (PRI) * LXIV Legislature ** 2018–2021:

Manuela Obrador Narváez Manuela del Carmen Obrador Narváez (born 12 June 1971) is a Mexican politician who has been the member of the Chamber of Deputies for the First Federal Electoral District of Chiapas since 2018. She is a member of the National Regeneration Move ...

(MORENA) * LXV Legislature ** 2021–2024:

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References

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