San Luis Potosí's 3rd
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
3rd district since 2023
Incumbent
Member	Óscar Bautista Villegas
Party	▌Ecologist Green Party of Mexico
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	San Luis Potosí
Head town	Rioverde
Coordinates	21°56′N100°00′W / 21.933°N 100.000°W /21.933; -100.000
Covers	13 municipalities Cerritos,Ciudad Fernández,Guadalcázar,Lagunillas,Rioverde,San Ciro de Acosta,San Nicolás Tolentino,Santa María del Río,Tierra Nueva,Villa de Arista,Villa de Reyes,Villa Hidalgo,Villa Juárez
PR region	Second
Precincts	335
Population	357,788 (2020 Census)

The3rd federal electoral district of San Luis Potosí (Spanish:Distrito electoral federal 03 de San Luis Potosí) is one of the300 electoral districts into whichMexico is divided for elections to the federalChamber of Deputies and one of seven such districts in thestate ofSan Luis Potosí.^[1]

It elects onedeputy to the lower house ofCongress for each three-year legislative session by means of thefirst-past-the-post system. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from thesecond region.^[2][3]

The current member for the district, elected in the2024 general election, isÓscar Bautista Villegas of theEcologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).^[4][5]

Under the 2023 districting plan adopted by theNational Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the2024,2027 and2030 federal elections,^[6] the third district is situated in the central region of the state. It covers 335electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across 13 ofits municipalities:^[7]

• Cerritos,Ciudad Fernández,Guadalcázar,Lagunillas,Rioverde,San Ciro de Acosta,San Nicolás Tolentino,Santa María del Río,Tierra Nueva,Villa de Arista,Villa de Reyes,Villa Hidalgo andVilla Juárez.

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city ofRioverde. The district reported a population of 357,788 in the 2020 Census.^[1]

2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022, the district was in the state's central region but with a different composition. It covered 15 municipalities: Alaquines, Armadillo de los Infante, Cárdenas, Cerritos, Ciudad del Maíz, Ciudad Fernández, Guadalcázar, Lagunillas, Rioverde, San Ciro de Acosta, San Nicolás Tolentino, Santa Catarina, Villa de Arista, Villa Hidalgo and Villa Juarez. The head town was at Rioverde.^[11][10]

2005–2017

Under the 2005 plan, with its head town at Rioverde, the district covered 14 municipalities: Alaquines, Cárdenas, Cerritos, Ciudad del Maíz, Ciudad Fernández, Guadalcázar, Lagunillas, Rayón, Rioverde, San Ciro de Acosta, San Nicolás Tolentino, Villa de Arista, Villa Hidalgo and Villa Juárez.^[12][13]

1996–2005

From 1995 to 2005, the district had its head town at Rioverde and comprised 13 municipalities: Alaquines, Cárdenas, Cerritos, Ciudad del Maíz, Ciudad Fernández, Lagunillas, Rayón, Rioverde, San Ciro de Acosta, San Nicolás Tolentino, Santa Catarina, Tamasopo and Villa Juárez.^[14][13]

1978–1996

The districting scheme in force from 1978 to 1996 was the result of the1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under that plan, San Luis Potosí's seat allocation rose from five to seven.^[8] The third district's head town was at Rioverde and it covered the municipalities of Ciudad Fernández, Mexquitic, Rioverde, San Nicolás Tolentino, Santa María del Río, Tierra Nueva, Villa de Arriaga, Villa de Reyes and Zaragoza.^[15]

National parties
Current
	PAN
	PRI
	PT
	PVEM
	MC
	Morena
Defunct or local only
	PLM
	PNR
	PRM
	PNM
	PP
	PPS
	PARM
	PFCRN
	Convergencia
	PANAL
	PSD
	PES
	PES
	PRD

San Luis Potosí's 3rd district

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1916 [es]	Rafael Cepeda [es][16] Rafael Martínez Mendoza[17]		1916–1917	Constituent Congress of Querétaro
...
1976	Víctor Alfonso Maldonado Moreleón [es][18]		1976–1979	50th Congress
1979	José Refugio Araujo del Ángel[19]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Odilón Martínez Rodríguez[20]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Antonio Sandoval González[21]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Emilio de Jesús Ramírez Guerrero[22]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Jorge Vinicio Mejía Tobías[23]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Vito Lucas Gómez Hernández[24]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Adoración Martínez Torres[25]		1997–2000	57th Congress
2000	José Luis Ugalde Montes[26]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	José Luis Briones Briseño[27][a]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	Enrique Rodríguez Uresti[28]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	Sergio Gama Dufour[29]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	Óscar Bautista Villegas[30]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Fabiola Guerrero Aguilar[31]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018[32]	Óscar Bautista Villegas[33][b]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021[34]	Kevin Ángelo Aguilar Piña[35]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024[4]	Óscar Bautista Villegas[5]		2024–2027	66th Congress

San Luis Potosí's 3rd district

Election	District won by	Party or coalition	%
2018[36]	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Juntos Haremos Historia	35.9965
2024[37]	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo	Sigamos Haciendo Historia	64.0779

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