6th federal electoral district of Oaxaca

Oaxaca's 6th
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
6th district
Incumbent
Member	José Alejandro López Sánchez
Party	▌ Labour Party
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	Oaxaca
Head town	Tlaxiaco
Coordinates	17°16′N97°41′W / 17.267°N 97.683°W / 17.267; -97.683
Covers	85 municipalities [1]
PR region	Third
Precincts	307
Population	390,384 (2020 Census)
Indigenous	Yes (79%)

Oaxaca under the 2017–2022 districting plan

The 6th federal electoral district of Oaxaca (Spanish : Distrito electoral federal 06 de Oaxaca) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 10 such districts in the state of Oaxaca. ^[2]

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. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the third region. ^{[3] [4]}

The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is José Alejandro López Sánchez of the Labour Party (PT). ^{[5] [6]}

District territory

Under the 2023 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, ^[7] the 6th district covers 307 precincts (secciones electorales) across 85 of the state's municipalities. ^{[8] [1] [a]}

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Tlaxiaco in the Mixteca region. The district reported a population of 390,384 in the 2020 Census and, with Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 79% of that total, it is classified by the INE as an indigenous district. ^{[2] [1] [b]}

Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers

	1974	1978	1996	2005	2017	2023
Oaxaca	9	10	11	11	10	10
Chamber of Deputies	196	300
Sources: [2] [11] [12] [13]

2017–2022

Oaxaca's 11th district was dissolved in the 2017 redistricting process. Under the 2017 to 2022 scheme, the 6th district had its head town at Tlaxiaco and it covered 82 municipalities. ^{[13] [14]}

2005–2017

Between 2005 and 2017, the district's head town was at Tlaxiaco and it comprised 73 municipalities. ^{[15] [16]}

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2017, Oaxaca's seat allocation was increased to 11. Under the 1996 districting plan, the head town was at Tlaxiaco and it covered 79 municipalities. ^{[17] [16]}

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, Oaxaca's seat allocation rose from nine to ten. ^[11] The 6th district had its head town at Huajuapan de León in the Mixteca region. ^[18]

Deputies returned to Congress

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

Oaxaca's 6th district

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1976	Heladio Ramírez López [19]		1976–1979	50th Congress
1979	Alicio Rafael Ordoño González [20]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Jorge Luis Chávez Zárate [21]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Ricardo Hernández Casanova [22]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Eloy Argos García Aguilar [23]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Rafael Sergio Vera Cervantes [24]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Baruc Efraín Alavez Mendoza [25]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Ulises Ernesto Ruiz Ortiz [26]		1997–2000	57th Congress
2000	Irma Piñeyro Arias [27]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	Heliodoro Díaz Escárraga [28] [c] René Ruiz Quiroz [30]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	Rosa Elia Romero Guzmán [31]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	Heliodoro Díaz Escárraga [32]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	Rosa Elia Romero Guzmán [33]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Sergio López Sánchez [34]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018 [35]	Beatriz Pérez López  [ es ] [36]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021 [37]	Beatriz Pérez López  [ es ] [38]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024 [5]	José Alejandro López Sánchez [6]		2024–2027	66th Congress

Presidential elections

Oaxaca's 6th district

Election	District won by	Party or coalition	%
2018 [39]	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Juntos Haremos Historia	66.0319
2024 [40]	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo	Sigamos Haciendo Historia	82.3405

Notes

1. Oaxaca accounts for 3.3% of the country's population and 4.8% of its surface area, ^[9] but it contains almost a quarter of its municipalities: 570 out of 2,446 as of 2022. ^[10]
2. 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. In the 2023 scheme, Oaxaca's 10 federal districts and 25 local districts are all indigenous. ^[2]
3. Díaz Escárraga resigned his seat on 10 July 2006 upon his appointment as secretary of government by Governor of Oaxaca Ulises Ruiz Ortiz. ^[29]

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