Federal electoral districts of Mexico
The federal electoral districts (Spanish: distritos electorales federales) of Mexico are the 300 constituencies or electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of federal elections. Each district returns one federal deputy (diputado), who sits in the Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados), the lower house of the Federal Congress. An additional 200 deputies are elected by proportional representation from the five electoral regions.
Electoral districts are identified by Roman numerals and by federal entity (state or the Federal District). The number of electoral districts was set at 300 in 1979, when the number of seats in the Chamber of Deputies was increased from 196. The demarcation of the districts depends on the results of the previous electoral census, and adjustments to the 1979 districts were made in 1996 and 2005.
Irrespective of population, no state may be represented by fewer than two electoral districts. This is the case with Baja California Sur (population: 512,000), Campeche (population: 755,000) and Colima (population: 568,000), which, as a result, return more senators than deputies to Congress. The states with the most electoral districts are the state of México (population: 14 million), with 40, and Veracruz (population: 7.1 million), with 21. The Federal District, with a population of 8.8 million, has 27.
On 11 February 2005, the Federal Electoral Institute established the districts to be used in the 2006 general election and the 2009 mid-term election, in accordance with the following criteria:
- Each district to belong to only one federal entity.
- Balanced distribution of population between districts.
- Presence of indigenous populations.
- Geographical continuity.
- Journey times.
Under this scheme, the current electoral districts are the following:
Electoral districts
The numbers indicate the number of districts in each federal entity for the 2006 and 2009 elections.
| District | Head town |
| I Federal Electoral District of Durango | Durango |
| II Federal Electoral District of Durango | Gómez Palacio |
| III Federal Electoral District of Durango | Guadalupe Victoria |
| IV Federal Electoral District of Durango | Durango |
| V Federal Electoral District of Durango | Defunct as of 2005 |
| VI Federal Electoral District of Durango | Defunct as of 1996 |
| District | Head town |
| I Federal Electoral District of Guanajuato | San Luis de la Paz |
| II Federal Electoral District of Guanajuato | San Miguel de Allende |
| III Federal Electoral District of Guanajuato | León |
| IV Federal Electoral District of Guanajuato | Guanajuato |
| V Federal Electoral District of Guanajuato | León |
| VI Federal Electoral District of Guanajuato | León |
| VII Federal Electoral District of Guanajuato | San Francisco del Rincón |
| VIII Federal Electoral District of Guanajuato | Salamanca |
| IX Federal Electoral District of Guanajuato | Irapuato |
| X Federal Electoral District of Guanajuato | Uriangato |
| XI Federal Electoral District of Guanajuato | Pénjamo |
| XII Federal Electoral District of Guanajuato | Celaya |
| XIII Federal Electoral District of Guanajuato | Valle de Santiago |
| XIV Federal Electoral District of Guanajuato | Acámbaro |
| XV Federal Electoral District of Guanajuato | Defunct as of 2005 |
| District | Head town |
| I Federal Electoral District of Hidalgo | Huejutla |
| II Federal Electoral District of Hidalgo | Ixmiquilpan |
| III Federal Electoral District of Hidalgo | Actopan |
| IV Federal Electoral District of Hidalgo | Tulancingo |
| V Federal Electoral District of Hidalgo | Tula |
| VI Federal Electoral District of Hidalgo | Pachuca |
| VII Federal Electoral District of Hidalgo | Tepeapulco |
| District | Head town |
| I Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | Tequila |
| II Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | Lagos de Moreno |
| III Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | Tepatitlán |
| IV Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | Zapopan |
| V Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | Puerto Vallarta |
| VI Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | Zapopan |
| VII Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | Tonalá |
| VIII Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | Guadalajara |
| IX Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | Guadalajara |
| X Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | Zapopan |
| XI Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | Guadalajara |
| XII Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | Tlajomulco de Zúñiga |
| XIII Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | Guadalajara |
| XIV Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | Guadalajara |
| XV Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | La Barca |
| XVI Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | Tlaquepaque |
| XVII Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | Jocotepec |
| XVIII Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | Autlán de Navarro |
| XIX Federal Electoral District of Jalisco | Ciudad Guzmán |
| District | Head town |
| I Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Jilotepec |
| II Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Teoloyucan |
| III Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Atlacomulco |
| IV Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Ciudad Nicolás Romero |
| V Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Teotihuacán |
| VI Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Coacalco |
| VII Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Cuautitlán Izcalli |
| VIII Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Tultitlán |
| IX Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Ixtlahuaca |
| X Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Ecatepec |
| XI Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Ecatepec |
| XII Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Ixtapaluca |
| XIII Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Ecatepec |
| XIV Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Ciudad López Mateos |
| XV Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Tlalnepantla de Baz |
| XVI Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Ecatepec |
| XVII Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Ecatepec |
| XVIII Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Huixquilucan |
| XIX Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Tlalnepantla de Baz |
| XX Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl |
| XXI Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Naucalpan |
| XXII Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Naucalpan |
| XXIII Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Valle de Bravo |
| XXIV Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Naucalpan |
| XXV Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Chimalhuacán |
| XXVI Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Toluca |
| XXVII Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Metepec |
| XXVIII Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Zumpango |
| XXIX Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl |
| XXX Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl |
| XXXI Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl |
| XXXII Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Valle de Chalco Solidaridad |
| XXXIII Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Chalco |
| XXXIV Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Toluca |
| XXXV Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Tenancingo |
| XXXVI Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Tejupilco |
| XXXVII Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Cuautitlán |
| XXXVIII Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Texcoco |
| XXXIX Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | La Paz |
| XL Federal Electoral District of the State of Mexico | Zinacantepec |
| District | Head town |
| I Federal Electoral District of Michoacán | Lázaro Cárdenas |
| II Federal Electoral District of Michoacán | Puruándiro |
| III Federal Electoral District of Michoacán | Zitácuaro |
| IV Federal Electoral District of Michoacán | Jiquilpan |
| V Federal Electoral District of Michoacán | Zamora de Hidalgo |
| VI Federal Electoral District of Michoacán | Ciudad Hidalgo |
| VII Federal Electoral District of Michoacán | Zacapú |
| VIII Federal Electoral District of Michoacán | Morelia |
| IX Federal Electoral District of Michoacán | Uruapan |
| X Federal Electoral District of Michoacán | Morelia |
| XI Federal Electoral District of Michoacán | Pátzcuaro |
| XII Federal Electoral District of Michoacán | Apatzingán |
| XIII Federal Electoral District of Michoacán | Defunct as of 2005 |
| District | Head town |
| I Federal Electoral District of Morelos | Cuernavaca |
| II Federal Electoral District of Morelos | Jiutepec |
| III Federal Electoral District of Morelos | Cuautla |
| IV Federal Electoral District of Morelos | Jojutla |
| V Federal Electoral District of Morelos | Yautepec |
| District | Head town |
| I Federal Electoral District of Sinaloa | El Fuerte |
| II Federal Electoral District of Sinaloa | Los Mochis |
| III Federal Electoral District of Sinaloa | Guamúchil |
| IV Federal Electoral District of Sinaloa | Guasave |
| V Federal Electoral District of Sinaloa | Culiacán |
| VI Federal Electoral District of Sinaloa | Mazatlán |
| VII Federal Electoral District of Sinaloa | Culiacán |
| VIII Federal Electoral District of Sinaloa | Mazatlán |
| IX Federal Electoral District of Sinaloa | Defunct |
| District | Head town |
| I Federal Electoral District of Sonora | San Luis Río Colorado |
| II Federal Electoral District of Sonora | Nogales |
| III Federal Electoral District of Sonora | Hermosillo |
| IV Federal Electoral District of Sonora | Guaymas |
| V Federal Electoral District of Sonora | Hermosillo |
| VI Federal Electoral District of Sonora | Ciudad Obregón |
| VII Federal Electoral District of Sonora | Navojoa |
| District | Head town |
| I Federal Electoral District of Tabasco | Macuspana |
| II Federal Electoral District of Tabasco | Heroica Cárdenas |
| III Federal Electoral District of Tabasco | Comalcalco |
| IV Federal Electoral District of Tabasco | Villahermosa |
| V Federal Electoral District of Tabasco | Paraíso |
| VI Federal Electoral District of Tabasco | Villahermosa |
| District | Head town |
| I Federal Electoral District of Tamaulipas | Nuevo Laredo |
| II Federal Electoral District of Tamaulipas | Reynosa |
| III Federal Electoral District of Tamaulipas | Río Bravo |
| IV Federal Electoral District of Tamaulipas | Heroica Matamoros |
| V Federal Electoral District of Tamaulipas | Ciudad Victoria |
| VI Federal Electoral District of Tamaulipas | Ciudad Mante |
| VII Federal Electoral District of Tamaulipas | Ciudad Madero |
| VIII Federal Electoral District of Tamaulipas | Tampico |
| District | Head town |
| I Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Pánuco |
| II Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Tantoyuca |
| III Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Tuxpan |
| IV Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Veracruz |
| V Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Poza Rica de Hidalgo |
| VI Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Papantla |
| VII Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Martínez de la Torre |
| VIII Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Xalapa |
| IX Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Coatepec |
| X Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Xalapa |
| XI Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Coatzacoalcos |
| XII Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Veracruz |
| XIII Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Huatusco |
| XIV Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Minatitlán |
| XV Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Orizaba |
| XVI Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Córdoba |
| XVII Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Cosamaloapan |
| XVIII Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Zongolica |
| XIX Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | San Andrés Tuxtla |
| XX Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Acayucan |
| XXI Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Cosoleacaque |
| XXII Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Defunct as of 2005 |
| XXIII Federal Electoral District of Veracruz | Defunct as of 2005 |
| District | Head town |
| I Federal Electoral District of Zacatecas | Fresnillo |
| II Federal Electoral District of Zacatecas | Jerez |
| III Federal Electoral District of Zacatecas | Zacatecas |
| IV Federal Electoral District of Zacatecas | Guadalupe |
| V Federal Electoral District of Zacatecas | Defunct as of 2005 |
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