The 4th federal electoral district of Michoacán (Distrito electoral federal 04 de Michoacán) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of eleven such districts in the state of Michoacán.[1]
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.[2][3]
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Jiquilpan de Juárez.[1]
Previous districting schemes
2017–2022
Between 2017 and 2022, the district covered practically the same area as in the 2022 plan: it included the municipality of Los Reyes but did not include Jacona. Jiquilpan was the head town.[6]
2005–2017
Under the 2005 districting plan, Michoacán lost its 13th district. The 4th district's head town was at Jiquilpan and it covered 14 municipalities. The differences from the 2022 plan were the exclusion of Pajacuarán and Vista Hermosa and the inclusion of Ixtlán.[7][8]
1996–2005
Under the 1996 districting plan, the district's head town was at Jiquilpan and it covered 13 municipalities in that region of the state. The configuration was broadly the same as the 2022 plan: Briseñas, Chavinda, Jacona and Tangamandapío were not included, while Peribán and Los Reyes were.[9][8]
^Villaseñor Peña resigned his seat in 1992 to run for governor of Michoacán. He won the election, was sworn in as governor, but stepped down 21 days into his term of office because of post-election conflicts.[19]
^"Michoacán". División del Territorio de la República en 300 Distritos Electorales Uninominales para Elecciones Federales. Diario Oficial de la Federación. 29 May 1978. p. 30. Retrieved 27 August 2024.