7th federal electoral district of Veracruz

Veracruz's 7th
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
7th district since 2023
Incumbent
Member	Mónica Herrera Villavicencio
Party	▌ Morena
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	Veracruz
Head town	Martínez de la Torre
Coordinates	20°4′N97°3′W / 20.067°N 97.050°W / 20.067; -97.050
Covers	Altotonga, Atzalán, Jalacingo, Martínez de la Torre, Misantla, Nautla, San Rafael, Tenochtitlán, Tlapacoyan
PR region	Third
Precincts	276
Population	442,013 (2020 Census)

Veracruz under the 2017–2022 districting plan

The 7th federal electoral district of Veracruz (Spanish : Distrito electoral federal 07 de Veracruz) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 19 such districts in the state of Veracruz. ^[1]

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 this district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the third region. ^{[2] [3]}

The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Mónica Herrera Villavicencio of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). ^{[4] [5]}

District territory

Veracruz lost a congressional district in the 2023 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 elections. ^[6] The reconfigured 7th district covers 276 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across nine municipalities in the central region of the state: ^{[7] [8]}

• Altotonga, Atzalán, Jalacingo, Martínez de la Torre, Misantla, Nautla, San Rafael, Tenochtitlán and Tlapacoyan.

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Martínez de la Torre. The district reported a population of 442,013 in the 2020 Census. ^[1]

Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers

	1974	1978	1996	2005	2017	2023
Veracruz	15	23	23	21	20	19
Chamber of Deputies	196	300
Sources: [1] [9] [10] [11]

Because of shifting demographics, Veracruz currently has four fewer districts than the 23 the state was allocated under the 1977 electoral reforms. ^[10]

2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022, Veracruz was assigned 20 electoral districts. The 7th district comprised nine municipalities in broadly the same region of the state:

• Altotonga, Atzalán, Jalacingo, Las Minas, Martínez de la Torre, Misantla, Tenochtitlán, Tlapacoyan and Villa Aldama.

The head town was at Martínez de la Torre. ^{[12] [11]}

2005–2017

Veracruz's allocation of congressional seats fell to 21 in the 2005 redistricting process. ^[10] Between 2005 and 2017 the district had its head town at Martínez de la Torre and it covered nine municipalities: ^{[13] [14]}

• Atzalán, Jalacingo, Landero y Coss, Martínez de la Torre, Misantla, Nautla, Tenochtitlán, Tlapacoyan and San Rafael.

1996–2005

Under the 1996 districting plan, which allocated Veracruz 23 districts, the head town was at Martínez de Alatorre and the district covered 7 municipalities. ^{[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, Veracruz's seat allocation rose from 15 to 23. ^[9] The 7th district had its head town at Coatepec and it covered the municipalities of Actopan, Alto Lucero, La Antigua, Apazapán, Banderilla, Coatepec, Emiliano Zapata, Jalcomulco, Paso de Ovejas, Puente Nacional, Rafael Lucio, Tlalnelhuayocan, Úrsulo Galván and Xico. ^[16]

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

Veracruz's 7th district

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1916  [ es ]	Adolfo G. García  [ es ] [17] [18]		1916–1917	Constituent Congress of Querétaro
...
1973	Delia de la Paz Rebolledo de Díaz [19]		1973–1976	49th Congress
1976	Daniel Nogueira Huerta [20]		1976–1979	50th Congress
1979	Carlos Roberto Smith Véliz [21]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Servando Díaz Suárez [22]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Carlos Roberto Smith Véliz [23]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Dionisio Pérez Jácome  [ es ] [24]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Salvador Valencia Carmona [25]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Servando Andrés Díaz Suárez [26]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Gonzalo Morgado Huesca [27]		1997–2000	57th Congress
2000	Pedro Manterola Sáinz [28]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	Guillermo Zorrilla Fernández [29]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	José de la Torre Sánchez [30] María de Jesús Martínez Díaz [31]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	Alba Leonila Méndez Herrera [32]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	Verónica Carreón Cervantes [33] [a]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Édgar Spinoso Carrera [35] [b]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018 [36]	Rodrigo Calderón Salas [37]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021 [38]	Mónica Herrera Villavicencio [39] María Fernanda Lima Buenrostro [40] Mónica Herrera Villavicencio [39]		2021–2024 2024 2024	65th Congress
2024 [4]	Mónica Herrera Villavicencio [5]		2024–2027	66th Congress

Presidential elections

Veracruz's 7th district

Election	District won by	Party or coalition	%
2018 [41]	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Juntos Haremos Historia	55.1254
2024 [42]	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo	Sigamos Haciendo Historia	71.1019

Notes

1. Carreón Cervantes switched allegiance from the PVEM to the PRI on 4 September 2012. ^[34]
2. Spinoso Carrera left the PVEM group in Congress on 28 November 2017.

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