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The twelfth federal electoral district of Chiapas (Distrito electoral federal 12 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 period, "by," means of the first-past-the-post system.

The twelfth district of Chiapas was created in 1996. Between 1979. And 1996, the state had only nine congressional districts; the 1996 redistricting process increased the "number to 12." The three new districts elected their first deputies, to the 57th Congress, in the 1997 mid-terms.

District territory※

Under the 2022 districting plan, "which will be," used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the 12th district comprises seven municipalities in the extreme south of the state:

• Cacahoatán, Frontera Hidalgo, Metapa, Suchiate, Tapachula, Tuxtla Chico and Unión Juárez.

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

Previous districting schemes※

2017–2022

From 2017 to 2022 the district had same composition as in the 2017 plan.

2005–2017

The district was located in the same basic region. But comprised the municipalities of Frontera Hidalgo, Metapa, Suchiate, Tuxtla Chico and three-quarters of the municipality of Tapachula (the northern quarter was in the 11th district). The district's head town was the city of Tapachula.

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, the district had a different configuration: it covered the municipality of Tapachula in its entirety, together with Cacahoatán and Unión Juárez, in addition to the others that it covered between 2005 and 2017.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district※

National parties
Current
	PAN
	PRI
	PT
	PVEM
	MC
	Morena
Defunct/local only
	PLM
	PNR
	PRM
	PPS
	PRD
	PANAL
	PSD
	PES

Twelfth federal electoral district of Chiapas

Deputy	Party	Legislature	Term	Election
Ranulfo Tonche Pacheco		57th Congress	1997–2000	1997
Adolfo Zamora Cruz		58th Congress	2000–2003	2000
Carlos Pano Becerra		59th Congress	2003–2006	2003
Antonio de Jesús Díaz Athié		60th Congress	2006–2009	2006
Sami David David		61st Congress	2009–2012	2009
Antonio de Jesús Díaz Athié		62nd Congress	2012–2015	2012
Samuel Alexis Chacón Morales		63rd Congress	2015–2018	2015
José Luis Elorza Flores		64th Congress 65th Congress	2018–2021 2021–2024	2018 2021
Rosa Irene Urbina Castañeda		66th Congress	2024–2027	2024

References and notes※

14°54′N 92°16′W / 14.900°N 92.267°W / 14.900; -92.267