Third federal electoral district of Nayarit

The third federal electoral district of Nayarit (Distrito electoral federal 03 de Nayarit) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of three such districts in the state of Nayarit.

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 this district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the first region.

The third district was created as part of the 1977 political reforms and was first contended at the 1979 election; prior to that, Nayarit comprised only two federal electoral districts.

District territory
Under the 2022 districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the third district covers the southern portion of the state. Its head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Compostela.

Previous districting schemes
Between 2005 and 2017 the district was located in the south of the state and covered the municipalities of Ahuacatlán, Amatlán de Cañas, Bahía de Banderas, Compostela, Ixtlán del Río, Jala, San Blas, San Pedro Lagunillas, Santa María del Oro, Xalisco and La Yesca. The head town was at Compostela.
 * 2005–2017

Between 1996 and 2005 the third district had the same composition as in 2005–2017, with the exception of the municipality of La Yesca, which belonged to the second district.
 * 1996–2005

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

 * 51st Congress
 * 1979–1982: Carlos Serafín Ramírez (PRI)


 * 52nd Congress
 * 1982–1985: Juan Medina Cervantes (PRI)


 * 53rd Congress
 * 1985–1988: Enrique Medina Lomelí (PRI)


 * 54th Congress
 * 1988–1991: Olga López Castillo originally, later Rafael Mascorro Toro (PRI)


 * 55th Congress
 * 1991–1994: José Ramón Navarro Quintero (PRI)


 * 56th Congress
 * 1994–1997: Liberato Montenegro Villa (PRI)


 * 57th Congress
 * 1997–2000: Miguel Ángel Navarro Quintero (PRI)


 * 58th Congress
 * 2000–2003: José Manuel Quintanilla Rentería (PRI)


 * 59th Congress
 * 2003–2006: Raúl Mejía González (PRI)


 * 60th Congress
 * 2006–2009: Sergio Sandoval Paredes (PRI)


 * 61st Congress
 * 2009–2012: Ivideliza Reyes Hernández (PAN)


 * 62nd Congress
 * 2012–2015: Gloria Elizabeth Núñez Sánchez (PRI)


 * 63rd Congress
 * 2015–2018: Jasmine María Bugarín Rodríguez (PRI)


 * 64th Congress
 * 2018–2021: Mirtha Iliana Villalvazo Amaya (Morena)


 * 65th Congress
 * 2021–2024: Jorge Armando Ortiz Rodríguez (PT)


 * 66th Congress
 * 2024–2027: