Sixteenth federal electoral district of Veracruz

Federal electoral districts of Veracruz since 2022

Veracruz under the 2017–2022 districting plan

The sixteenth federal electoral district of Veracruz (Distrito electoral federal 16 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. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

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. ^{[2] [3]}

The 16th district was created in 1978 and was first contested in the 1979 mid-term election.

District territory

Veracruz lost a congressional district in the 2022 redistricting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 elections. ^[4] The reconfigured 16th district covers six municipalities in the state's Mountains region:

• Amatlán de los Reyes, Córdoba, Cuitláhuac, Fortín de las Flores, Ixtaczoquitlán and Yanga. ^[5]

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Córdoba. ^[6]

Previous districting schemes

2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022, Veracruz was assigned 20 electoral districts. The 16th district comprised nine municipalities in the same region as at present: Amatlán de los Reyes, Atoyac, Córdoba, Chocamán, Fortín, Ixhuatlán del Café, Tepatlaxco, Tomatlán and Yanga. Its head town was the city of Córdoba. ^[7]

2005–2017

Veracruz's allocation of congressional seats fell to 21 in the 2005 redistricting process. ^[1] Between 2005 and 2017 the 16th district had its head town at Córdoba and it comprised six municipalities: Amatlán de los Reyes, Atzacán, Córdoba, Fortín, Ixtaczoquitlán and Naranjal. ^{[8] [9]}

1996–2005

Under the 1996 districting plan, which assigned Veracruz 23 districts, the head town was moved to Córdoba. ^{[10] [9]}

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. ^[11] The newly created 16th district had its head town at Pánuco in the north of the state and it covered the municipalities of Ozuluama, Pánuco, Pueblo Viejo, Tampico Alto and Tempoal. ^[12]

Deputies returned to Congress

National parties
Current
	PAN
	PRI
	PT
	PVEM
	MC
	Morena
Defunct or local only
	PLM
	PNR
	PRM
	PP
	PPS
	PARM
	PFCRN
	Convergencia
	PANAL
	PSD
	PES
	PRD

Sixteenth federal electoral district of Veracruz

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1979	Fidel Herrera Beltrán [13] [14]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Héctor Sánchez Ponce [15]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Alberto Mañueco Guzmán [16] Pedro Sánchez Arrieta		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Nicodemus Santos Luck [17]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Guillermo Díaz Rea [18]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Carlos Verteramo Pérez [19]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Juan Bueno Torio [20]		1997–2000	57th Congress
2000	Tomás Ríos Bernal [21]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	Sergio Penagos García [22]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	Mauricio Duck Núñez [23]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	Javier Duarte de Ochoa [24] [lower-alpha 2] Daniela Nadal Riquelme [26]		2009–2010 2010–2012	61st Congress
2012	Leticia López Landero [27]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Marco Antonio Aguilar Yunes [28]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018	Juan Martínez Flores [29]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021	Martha Rosa Morales Romero [30]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024	Zenyazen Roberto Escobar García [31]		2024–2027	66th Congress

Notes

1. Because of demographic change, Veracruz currently has four fewer districts than the 23 the state was allocated under the 1977 electoral reforms that set the national total at 300. ^[1]
2. Duarte resigned his seat on 16 February 2010 to contend (successfully) for the governorship of Veracruz. ^[25]

References

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26. "Perfil: Dip. Daniela Nadal Riquelme, LXI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 16 July 2024.
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28. "Perfil: Dip. Marco Antonio Aguilar Yunes, LXIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 16 July 2024.
29. "Perfil: Dip. Juan Martínez Flores, LXIV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 16 July 2024.
30. "Perfil: Dip. Martha Rosa Morales Romero, LXV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 16 July 2024.
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