The fourth federal electoral district of Guerrero (Distrito electoral federal 04 de Guerrero) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of eight such districts in the state of Guerrero.[a]
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.[2][3]
District territory
Guerrero lost a congressional seat in the 2022 redistricting process. Under the new districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,[4] the fourth district covers the north-western portion of the municipality of Acapulco, comprising 237 precincts (secciones electorales); the remainder of the municipality makes up the second district.[5]
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the resort city of Acapulco.[6]
Previous districting schemes
2017–2022
Between 2017 and 2022, Guerrero was allocated nine electoral districts. The fourth district was located in the western sector of the municipality of Acapulco but with a smaller surface area than under the 2022 plan, covering 223 precincts. The head town was Acapulco.[7]
2005–2017
The 2005 districting plan assigned Guerrero nine districts. The fourth district covered 221 precincts in the north-west and south of the municipality of Acapulco. The city of Acapulco was its head town.[8]
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, Guerrero's district allocation rose from six to ten.[11] The fourth district had its head town at Acapulco and it covered a part of that city.[12]
^Because of shifting population patterns, Guerrero currently has two fewer districts than the ten the state was assigned under the 1977 electoral reforms that set the national total at 300.[1]
^Romero Suárez resigned her seat on 26 November 2002 and was replaced by her substitute, Santamaría Ramírez.
^López Rodríguez resigned her seat on 1 March 2021 to run (successfully) for the municipal presidency of Acapulco.
^"Guerrero". División del Territorio de la República en 300 Distritos Electorales Uninominales para Elecciones Federales. Diario Oficial de la Federación. 29 May 1978. p. 24. Retrieved 9 August 2024.