13th federal electoral district of Chiapas

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The 13th federal electoral district of Chiapas is one of 300 districts used to elect deputies to Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies. It elects one deputy for a three-year term by first-past-the-post, and its votes also help determine deputies elected by proportional representation in the third region.

The district was created by the National Electoral Institute (INE) during the 2017 redistricting and was first contested in the 2018 general election. The current deputy, elected in 2024, is Jorge Luis Villatoro Osorio of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).

According to INE’s 2023 districting plan, the 13th district covers 206 electoral precincts across 14 municipalities in southern Chiapas, including part of the border with Guatemala. The head town (cabecera distrital) is Huehuetán, where results from polling stations are tallied. The district’s population was 440,818 in the 2020 Census.

Municipalities in the district:
- Amatenango de la Frontera
- Bejucal de Ocampo
- La Grandeza
- Honduras de la Sierra
- Huehuetán
- Huixtla
- Mazapa de Madero
- Mazatán
- Motozintla
- El Porvenir
- Siltepec
- Tapachula
- Tuzantán
- Villa Comaltitlán