The Second Federal Electoral District of Nayarit (II Distrito Electoral Federal de Nayarit) is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of 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.
District territory
Nayarit's Second District is located in the centre of the state and covers the municipality of Tepic.
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the state capital, the city of Tepic.
Previous districting schemes
1996–2005 district
Between 1996 and 2005, Nayarit's Second District covered the municipality of Tepic, plus the municipalities of El Nayar and La Yesca.
Deputies returned to Congress from this district
L Legislature
1976–1979: María Hilaria Domínguez Arvizu
LI Legislature
1979–1982: Emilio M. González (PRI) LII Legislature 1982–1985: Ignacio González Barragán LIII Legislature 1985–1988: Leobardo Ramos Martínez LIV Legislature 1988–1991: Ignacio González Barragán LV Legislature 1991–1994: Víctor Joaquín Canovas Moreno (PRI) LVI Legislature 1994–1997: José Santos Ramos Damián (PRI) LVII Legislature 1997–2000: Salvador Sánchez Vázquez (PRI) LVIII Legislature 2000–2002: Ney González Sánchez (PRI) 2002–2003: Luis Eduardo Jiménez Agraz (PRI) LIX Legislature 2003–2006: Gerardo Montenegro Ibarra (PRI) LX Legislature 2006–2009: María Eugenia Jiménez Valenzuela (PRD) LXI Legislature 2009–2012: Martha Elena García Gómez (PRD) LXII Legislature 2012–2014: Roy Gómez Olguín (PRI) 2014–2015: Ángel Alain Aldrete Lamas (PRI)