Fourth Federal Electoral District of Chiapas
# Fourth Federal Electoral District of Chiapas

The Fourth Federal Electoral District of Chiapas (IV Distrito Electoral Federal de Chiapas) is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 12 such districts in the state of Chiapas.

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.

## District territory

The Fourth District of Chiapas is located in the north-western portion of the state and covers the municipalities of Amatán, Berriozábal, Coapilla, Copainalá, Ixtacomitán, Ixtapangajoya, Juárez, Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Ostuacán, Pichucalco, Reforma, San Fernando, Solosuchiapa, Sunuapa and Tecpatán.

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Ocozocoautla de Espinosa.

## Previous districting schemes

### 1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the Fourth District had a different configuration. It was still centred on Ocozocoautla de Espinosa but covered:

* Berriozábal, Coapilla, Copainalá, Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, San Fernando and Tecpatán, as at present, plus:
* The municipalities of Chicoasén, Ocotepec, Osumacinta, Suchiapa and Villaflores.

## Deputies returned to Congress from this district

* L Legislature
   * 1976–1979: Manuel Villafuerte Mijangos (PRI)
* LI Legislature
   * 1979–1982: Salvador de la Torre Grajales (PRI)
* LII Legislature
   * 1982–1985: Oralia Coutiño Ruiz (PRI)
* LIII Legislature
   * 1985–1988:
* LIV Legislature
   * 1988–1991: Sami David David (PRI)
* LV Legislature
   * 1991–1994:
* LVI Legislature
   * 1994–1997: Tito Rubín Cruz (PRI)
* LVII Legislature
   * 1997–2000: Mario Elías Moreno Navarro (PRI)
* LVIII Legislature
   * 2000–2003: José Jacobo Nazar Morales (PRI)
* LIX Legislature
   * 2003–2006: Julián Nazar Morales (PRI)
* LX Legislature
   * 2006–2009: Andrés Carballo Bustamante (PRI)
