# 6th federal electoral district of Chiapas

The 6th federal electoral district of Chiapas (Distrito electoral federal 06 de Chiapas) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 13 such districts in the state of Chiapas.
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 third region.

## District territory

Under the 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, Chiapas's 5th district covers 10 municipalities:
* Acala, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapilla, Emiliano Zapata, Nicolás Ruiz, San Lucas, Suchiapa, Totolapa, Tuxtla Gutiérrez and Venustiano Carranza.
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez.

## Previous districting schemes
### 2017–2022

In 2017–2022, the district covered the municipalities of Acala, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapilla, Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Suchiapa, Totolapa and Tuxtla Gutiérrez. The head town was at Tuxtla Gutiérrez.

### 2005–2017

From 2005 to 2017, the 6th district was located in the centre of the state and covered the municipalities of Acala, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapilla, Chicoasén, Ixtapa, Las Rosas, Nicolás Ruiz, Osumacinta, San Lucas, Soyaló, Suchiapa, Totolapa, and Venustiano Carranza, plus the southern and western parts of the municipality of Tuxtla Gutiérrez. The head town was the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez.

### 1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, the district had a different configuration. The head town was Chiapa de Corzo and it covered the following municipalities:
* Acala, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapilla, Ixtapa, Nicolás Ruiz, San Lucas, Soyaló, Totolapa and Venustiano Carranza, all of which remained assigned to district in the 2005 plan, plus:
* Bochil, La Concordia, and Villa Corzo.

### 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, Chiapas's seat allocation rose from six to nine. The 6th district had its head town at Palenque and it covered 12 municipalities.

## Deputies returned to Congress

Sixth federal electoral district of Chiapas :
| Election | Deputy | Term | Legislature |
| 1967 | Patrocinio González Garrido | 1967–1970 | 47th Congress |
| 1970 | Octavio Cal y Mayor Sauz | 1970–1973 | 48th Congress |
| 1973 | María Guadalupe Cruz Aranda | 1973–1976 | 49th Congress |
| 1976 | Leonardo León Cerpa | 1976–1979 | 50th Congress |
| 1979 | Alberto Ramón Cerdio Bado | 1979–1982 | 51st Congress |
| 1982 | Humberto Pulido García | 1982–1985 | 52nd Congress |
| 1985 | Ylse Sarmiento Gómez | 1985–1988 | 53rd Congress |
| 1988 | Romeo Ruiz Armento | 1988–1991 | 54th Congress |
| 1991 | Marlene Herrera Díaz | 1991–1994 | 55th Congress |
| 1994 | Rafael Ceballos Cancino | 1994–1997 | 56th Congress |
| 1997 | Roberto Albores Guillén [es] Agustín Santiago Albores | 1997–1999 1999–2000 | 57th Congress |
| 2000 | Roberto Domínguez Castellanos | 2000–2003 | 58th Congress |
| 2003 | Roberto Aguilar Hernández | 2003–2006 | 59th Congress |
| 2006 | Héctor Narcia Álvarez | 2006–2009 | 60th Congress |
| 2009 | Mirna Lucrecia Camacho Pedrero | 2009–2012 | 61st Congress |
| 2012 | Williams Ochoa Gallegos | 2012–2015 | 62nd Congress |
| 2015 | Sasil Dora Luz de León Villard | 2015–2018 | 63rd Congress |
| 2018 | Zoé Robledo Aburto Raúl Bonifaz Moedano | 2018 2018–2021 | 64th Congress |
| 2021 | Jorge Luis Llaven Abarca [es] | 2021–2024 | 65th Congress |
| 2024 | Flor de María Esponda Torres | 2024–2027 | 66th Congress |