The 3rd 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.
Suspended in 1930, the 3rd district was re-established by 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 Cindy Winkler Trujillo of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).
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 3rd district comprises 195 precincts () across seven municipalities in the south-east of the state: Axochiapan, Ayala, Cuautla, Tepalcingo, Jantetelco, Jonacatepec and Temoac.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Cuautla. The district reported a population of 396,172 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Morelos 2 4 4 5 5 5 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
2017–2022 Under the scheme in force from 2017 to 2022, the 3rd district had its head town at Cuautla and it comprised five municipalities: Axochiapan, Ayala, Cuautla, Tepalcingo and Tlaltizapán.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, which gave Morelos its fifth congressional seat, the district's head town was at Cuautla and it covered 10 municipalities: The link contains maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. Atlatlahucan, Cuautla, Huitzilac, Ocuituco, Tepoztlán, Tetela del Volcán, Tlalnepantla, Tlayacapan, Totolapan and Yecapixtla.
1996–2005 In the 1996 scheme, the district had its head town at Cuautla and it comprised 11 municipalities: Axochiapan, Ayala, Cuautla, Jantetelco, Jonacatepec, Ocuituco, Temoac, Tepalcingo, Tetela del Volcán, Yecapixtla and Zacualpan.
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, Morelos's seat allocation rose from two to four. The new 3rd district's head town was at Yautepec and it covered 13 municipalities: Atlatlahucan, Emiliano Zapata, Huitzilac, Jiutepec, Ocuituco, Temixco, Tepoztlán, Tetela del Volcán, Tlalnepantla, Tlayacapan, Totolapan, Yautepec and Yecapixtla.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Morelos's 3rd district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureÁlvaro L. Alcázar1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro1917None1917–19181918None1918–192028th Congress 1920Francisco de la Torre1920–192229th CongressVicente Aranda1922–19241924Silvano Sotelo1924–192631st Congress1926Eugenio Mier y Terán1926–192832nd Congress1928Pedro Torres1928–193033rd Congress The 3rd district was suspended between 1930 and 19791979Gonzalo Pastrana Castro 1979–1982 51st Congress 1982Lorenzo García Solís 1982–1985 52nd Congress 1985Elvia Lugo Becerril 1985–1988 53rd Congress 1988Carlos Enrique Sánchez Mendoza 1988–1991 54th Congress 1991Tomás Osorio Avilés 1991–1994 55th Congress 1994Juan Salgado Brito 1994–1997 56th Congress 1997Gerardo Ramírez Vidal 1997–2000 57th Congress 2000 2000–2003 58th Congress 2003Guillermo Del Valle Reyes 2003–2006 59th Congress 2006Rafael Franco Melgarejo 2006–2009 60th Congress 2009Luis Félix Rodríguez Sosa 2009–2012 61st Congress 2012Francisco Rodríguez Montero 2012–2015 62nd Congress 2015Lucía Meza Guzmán 2015–2018 63rd Congress 2018 2018–2021 64th Congress 2021 2021–2024 65th Congress 2024Cindy Winkler Trujillo2024–2027 66th Congress
Presidential elections + Morelos's 3rd district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 71.62942024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 69.3649
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