The 3rd federal electoral district of San Luis Potosí () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of seven such districts in the state of San Luis Potosí.
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 second region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Óscar Bautista Villegas 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 third district is situated in the central region of the state. It covers 335 electoral precincts () across 13 of its municipalities: Cerritos, Ciudad Fernández, Guadalcázar, Lagunillas, Rioverde, San Ciro de Acosta, San Nicolás Tolentino, Santa María del Río, Tierra Nueva, Villa de Arista, Villa de Reyes, Villa Hidalgo and Villa Juárez.
The district's head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Rioverde. The district reported a population of 357,788 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 San Luis Potosí 5 7 7 7 7 7 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the district was in the state's central region but with a different composition. It covered 15 municipalities: Alaquines, Armadillo de los Infante, Cárdenas, Cerritos, Ciudad del Maíz, Ciudad Fernández, Guadalcázar, Lagunillas, Rioverde, San Ciro de Acosta, San Nicolás Tolentino, Santa Catarina, Villa de Arista, Villa Hidalgo and Villa Juarez. The head town was at Rioverde.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, with its head town at Rioverde, the district covered 14 municipalities: Alaquines, Cárdenas, Cerritos, Ciudad del Maíz, Ciudad Fernández, Guadalcázar, Lagunillas, Rayón, Rioverde, San Ciro de Acosta, San Nicolás Tolentino, Villa de Arista, Villa Hidalgo and Villa Juárez. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
1996–2005 From 1995 to 2005, the district had its head town at Rioverde and comprised 13 municipalities: Alaquines, Cárdenas, Cerritos, Ciudad del Maíz, Ciudad Fernández, Lagunillas, Rayón, Rioverde, San Ciro de Acosta, San Nicolás Tolentino, Santa Catarina, Tamasopo and Villa Juárez. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
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, San Luis Potosí's seat allocation rose from five to seven. The third district's head town was at Rioverde and it covered the municipalities of Ciudad Fernández, Mexquitic, Rioverde, San Nicolás Tolentino, Santa María del Río, Tierra Nueva, Villa de Arriaga, Villa de Reyes and Zaragoza.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ San Luis Potosí's 3rd district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureRafael Martínez Mendoza1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...19761976–197950th Congress1979José Refugio Araujo del Ángel1979–198251st Congress1982Odilón Martínez Rodríguez1982–198552nd Congress1985Antonio Sandoval González1985–198853rd Congress1988Emilio de Jesús Ramírez Guerrero1988–199154th Congress1991Jorge Vinicio Mejía Tobías1991–199455th Congress1994Vito Lucas Gómez Hernández1994–199756th Congress1997Adoración Martínez Torres1997–200057th Congress2000José Luis Ugalde Montes2000–200358th Congress2003José Luis Briones Briseño 2003–200659th Congress2006Enrique Rodríguez Uresti2006–200960th Congress2009Sergio Gama Dufour2009–201261st Congress2012Óscar Bautista Villegas2012–201562nd Congress2015Fabiola Guerrero Aguilar 2015–201863rd Congress2018Óscar Bautista Villegas 2018–202164th Congress2021Kevin Ángelo Aguilar Piña2021–202465th Congress2024Óscar Bautista Villegas2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + San Luis Potosí's 3rd district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 35.99652024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 64.0779
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