The 5th federal electoral district of Michoacán () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 11 such districts in the state of Michoacán.
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 fifth region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Delhi Miroslava Shember Domínguez of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
District territory Michoacán lost its 12th district in the 2023 districting process carried out by the National Electoral Institute (INE). Under the new districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the 5th district covers 281 precincts () across 12 municipalities in the north-west of Michoacán, adjacent to the states of Jalisco and Guanajuato: Churintzio, Ecuandureo, Ixtlán, Numarán, Penjamillo, La Piedad, Purépero, Tanhuato, Tlazazalca, Yurécuaro, Zamora and Zináparo.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Zamora de Hidalgo. The district reported a population of 441,653 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Michoacán 9 13 13 12 12 11 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the district's head town was at Zamora de Hidalgo and it comprised nine municipalities: Churintzio, Ecuandureo, Ixtlán, Numarán, La Piedad, Tanhuato, Yurécuaro, Zamora and Zináparo.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 districting plan, Michoacán lost its 13th district. The 5th district's head town was at Zamora de Hidalgo and it covered seven municipalities: The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. Ecuandureo, Ixtlán, La Piedad, Tanhuato, Vista Hermosa, Yurécuaro and Zamora.
1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, the district's head town was at Zamora de Hidalgo and it covered a different set of seven municipalities: Chavinda, Chilchota, Ixtlán, Jacona, Tangamandapio, Tangancícuaro and Zamora.
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 the reforms, Michoacán's allocation rose from 9 to 13. The 5th district's head town was at Zamora de Hidalgo and it was composed of five municipalities: Chavinda, Jacona, Tangamandapio, Villamar and Zamora.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Michoacán's 5th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1979Javier Zepeda Romero1979–198251st Congress1982Guillermo Villa Ávila1982–198552nd Congress1985Manuel María Bribiesca Castrejón1985–198853rd Congress1988Rodolfo Paniagua Álvarez1988–199154th Congress1991Mariano Carreón Girón1991–199455th Congress1994Guillermo Alejandro Gómez Vega1994–199756th Congress1997Santiago Padilla Arriaga1997–200057th Congress2000Julio Castellanos RamírezYadhira Tamayo Herrera2000–200358th Congress2003Reynaldo Valdés Manzo2003–200659th Congress2006Ramón Ceja Romero2006–200960th Congress2009Arturo Torres Santos2009–201261st Congress2012Carolina Hernández Ortiz2012–201562nd Congress2015Rosa Alicia Álvarez Piñones2015–201863rd Congress2018Yolanda Guerrero Barrera2018–202164th Congress2021Enrique Godínez del Río 2021–202465th Congress2024Delhi Miroslava Shember Domínguez2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Michoacán's 5th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 47.40142024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 53.0925
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