# 5th federal electoral district of Guerrero

The 5th federal electoral district of Guerrero (Distrito electoral federal 05 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.
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.

## District territory

Guerrero lost a congressional seat in the National Electoral Institute's 2022 redistricting process. Under the new districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the 5th district covers 23 municipalities in the easternmost part of the state's Mountain region:
* Acatepec, Ahuacuotzingo, Alcozauca, Alpoyeca, Atlamajalcingo del Monte, Atlixtac, Cochoapa el Grande, Copanatoyac, Cualac, Huamuxtitlán, Iliatenco, José Joaquín de Herrera, Malinaltepec, Olinalá, Tlacoapa, Tlalixtaquilla de Maldonado, Tlalixtaquilla, Tlapa, Xalpatláhuac, Xochihuehuetlán, Zapotitlán Tablas and a portion of Metlatónoc.
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Tlapa de Comonfort.
With Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 85% of its population, it is classified by the National Electoral Institute (INE) as an indigenous district.

## Previous districting schemes
### 2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022, Guerrero was allocated nine electoral districts. The 5th district had its head town at Tlapa de Comonfort and it comprised 18 municipalities in the eastern Mountain region:
* Alcozauca de Guerrero, Alpoyeca, Atlamajalcingo del Monte, Cochoapa el Grande, Cualac, Huamuxtitlán, Igualapa, Iliatenco, Malinaltepec, Metlatónoc, Olinalá, San Luis Acatlán, Tlacoachistlahuaca, Tlalixtaquilla de Maldonado, Tlapa de Comonfort, Xalpatláhuac, Xochihuehuetlán and Xochistlahuaca.

### 2005–2017

The 2005 districting plan assigned Guerrero nine districts. The 5th district's head town was at Tlapa de Comonfort and it covered a different configuration of 18 municipalities in the Mountain region:
* Acatepec, Alcozauca de Guerrero, Alpoyeca, Atlamajalcingo del Monte, Atlixtac, Copanatoyac, Igualapa, José Joaquín de Herrera, Malinaltepec, Metlatónoc, San Luis Acatlán, Tlacoachistlahuaca, Tlacoapa, Tlalixtaquilla de Maldonado, Tlapa de Comonfort, Xalpatláhuac, Xochistlahuaca and Zapotitlán Tablas.

### 1996–2005

Under the 1996 districting plan, which allocated Guerrero ten districts, the 5th district was located in the eastern Mountain region and had its head town at Tlapa de Comonfort. It comprised at least the following municipalities:
* Alcozauca, Alpoyeca, Copanatoyac, Cualac, Huamuxtitlán, Malinaltepec, Metlatónoc, Olinalá, Tlacoapa, Tlalixtaquilla, Tlapa de Comonfort, Xalpatláhuac and Xochihuehuetlán.

### 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, Guerrero's district allocation rose from six to ten. The 5th district had its head town at Tlapa de Comonfort and it covered 17 municipalities in the Mountain region:
* Alcozauca de Guerrero, Alpoyeca, Atlamajalcingo del Monte, Atlixtac, Copanatoyac, Cuautepec, Igualapa, Malinaltepec, Metlatónoc, San Luis Acatlán, Tlacoachistlahuaca, Tlacoapa, Tlalixtaquilla, Tlapa de Comonfort, Xalpatláhuac, Xochistlahuaca and Zapotitlán Tablas.

## Deputies returned to Congress

Fifth federal electoral district of Guerrero :
| Election | Deputy | Term | Legislature |
| 1976 | Reveriano García Castrejón | 1976–1982 | 50th Congress |
| 1979 | Ulpiano Gómez Rodríguez | 1979–1982 | 51st Congress |
| 1982 | Mario González Navarro | 1982–1985 | 52nd Congress |
| 1985 | José Robles Catalán | 1985–1988 | 53rd Congress |
| 1988 | Blas Vergara Aguilar | 1988–1991 | 54th Congress |
| 1991 | Juan José Castro Justo [es] | 1991–1994 | 55th Congress |
| 1994 | Fernando Cruz Merino | 1994–1997 | 56th Congress |
| 1997 | Juan José Castro Justo [es] Ezequiel Campos Sánchez | 1997–1999 1999–2000 | 57th Congress |
| 2000 | Sergio Maldonado Aguilar | 2000–2003 | 58th Congress |
| 2003 | Javier Manzano Salazar | 2003–2006 | 59th Congress |
| 2006 | Víctor Aguirre Alcaide | 2006–2009 | 60th Congress |
| 2009 | Sofío Ramírez Hernández Moisés Villanueva de la Luz | 2009–2012 | 61st Congress |
| 2012 | Vicario Portillo Martínez | 2012–2015 | 62nd Congress |
| 2015 | Victoriano Wences Real [es] | 2015–2018 | 63rd Congress |
| 2018 | Javier Manzano Salazar | 2018–2021 | 64th Congress |
| 2021 | Victoriano Wences Real [es] | 2021–2024 | 65th Congress |
| 2024 | Gerardo Olivares Mejía | 2024–2027 | 66th Congress |