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 Huauchinango de Degollado. The district reported a population of 397,252 in the 2020 Census and, with Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 57% of that total, it is classified by the INE as an indigenous district.[1][a]
From 2017 to 2022, when Puebla was assigned 15 congressional seats, the 1st district's head town was at Huauchinango and it covered 19 municipalities.[12][11]
2005–2017
Under the 2005 plan, the district was one of 16 in Puebla. Its head town was at Huauchinango and it covered 16 municipalities.[13][14]
1996–2005
Between 1996 and 2005, Puebla had 15 districts. The 1st covered 16 municipalities, with its head town at Huauchinango.[15][14]
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.[9] The district's head town was the state capital, Puebla, and it covered parts of the city and of its surrounding municipality.[16]
↑ Total inhabitants, not voters. The INE deems any local or federal electoral district where Indigenous or Afrodescendent inhabitants number 40% or more of the population to be an indigenous district.[1]
↑ Meza Cabrera declared himself an independent on 26 June 2006.
↑ Vargas Fosado resigned his seat on 1 February 2011 and was replaced for the remainder of his term by his alternate, Urzúa Rivera.
↑ Acundo González died on 15 September 2020 and was replaced for the remainder of his term by his alternate, Esquitín Alonso.
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