It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative session by means of the first-past-the-post system. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the fourth region.[2][3]
The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Izúcar de Matamoros. The district reported a population of 402,337 in the 2020 Census.[1]
From 2017 to 2022, when Puebla was assigned 15 congressional seats, the district's head town was at Acatlán de Osorio in the south of the state and it covered 51 municipalities.[15][14]
2005–2017
Under the 2005 plan, the district was one of 16 in Puebla. Its head town was at Izúcar de Matamoros and it covered 31 municipalities.[16][17]
1996–2005
Between 1996 and 2005, Puebla had 15 districts. The 14th covered 27 municipalities, with its head town at Izúcar de Matamoros.[18][17]
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, Puebla's seat allocation rose from 10 to 14.[13] The 14th district's head town was at Tepeaca in the central part of the state and it comprised 27 municipalities.[19]
↑ An amendment to Article 52 of the Constitution in 1928 changed the original provision of "one deputy per 60,000 inhabitants" to "one deputy per 100,000";[4][5] as a result, the size of the Chamber of Deputies fell from 281 in the 1928 election to 171 in 1934.[6]
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