The 2nd federal electoral district of Nayarit () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which

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is divided for elections to the federal

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and one of three such districts in the

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Nayarit Nayarit, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in Municipalities of Nayarit, 20 municipalit ...

. It elects one

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to the lower house of

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for each three-year legislative session by means of the

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system. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the first region. The current member for the district, elected in the

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, is Beatriz Andrea Navarro Pérez of the

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(Morena).

District territory

Under the

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's 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the

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and

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federal elections, Nayarit's 2nd district comprises the 300

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() that make up the municipality of Tepic in the centre of the state. The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of

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. The district reported a population of 423,641 in the 2020 Census.

Previous districting schemes

;2017–2022 :Between 2017 and 2022, as in the 2022 plan, the district comprised the municipality of Tepic, with the state capital serving as the head town. ;2005–2017 :In 2005–2017 the district covered the municipality of Tepic. The head town was the city of Tepic. The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. ;1996–2005 :Between 1996 and 2005, the district covered the municipality of Tepic, plus the

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El Nayar El Nayar is a municipality in the Mexican state of Nayarit, being the largest municipality in Nayarit. The population was 30,551 in 2005 in a total area of 5,100 km². The municipal seat of Jesús María had a population of 1,520 in 2005. El N ...

and

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. The head town was Tepic. ;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, Nayarit's seat allocation rose from two to three. The 2nd district was in the north of the state and had its head town at

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District territory

Previous districting schemes

Deputies returned to Congress

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