4th federal electoral district of Veracruz

Federal electoral districts of Veracruz since 2022

Veracruz under the 2017–2022 districting plan

The 4th federal electoral district of Veracruz (Distrito electoral federal 04 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][a]

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 third region.[3][4]

District territory

Veracruz lost a congressional district in the National Electoral Institute's 2022 redistricting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 elections.[5] The reconfigured 4th district covers a portion of the municipality of Veracruz south of the central urban area of the city of Veracruz and the whole of the adjacent municipality of Boca del Río in the state's Sotavento region.[6]

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Boca del Río.[1]

Previous districting schemes

2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022, Veracruz was assigned 20 electoral districts. The 4th district was limited to a part of the municipality of Veracruz. The head town was the city of Veracruz.[7]

2005–2017

Veracruz's allocation of congressional seats fell to 21 in the 2005 redistricting process.[2] Between 2005 and 2017 the district had its head town at Veracruz and it covered Boca del Río and the south-eastern portion of the municipality of Veracruz.[8][9]

1996–2005

Under the 1996 districting plan, which allocated Veracruz 23 districts, the head town was at Tuxpan de Rodríguez Cano in the north of the state.[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 4th district had its head town at Papantla and it covered the municipalities of Coahuitlán, Coxquihui, Coyutla, Chumatlán, Espinal, Filomena Mata, Gutiérrez Zamora, Mecatlán, Papantla and Zozocolco.[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

Fourth federal electoral district of Veracruz

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1973	Patricio Chirinos Calero [es][13]		1973–1976	49th Congress
1976	Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora Zamudio[14]		1976–1979	50th Congress
1979	Gonzalo Anaya Jiménez[15]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Edmundo Martínez Zaleta [es][16]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Guadalupe Solares Bauza [es][17]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Edmundo Martínez Zaleta [es][18]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Arturo Nájera Fuentes[19]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Filemón Ramírez Pérez[20]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Everardo Paiz Morales[21]		1997–2000	57th Congress
2000	Francisco Ríos Alarcón[22]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	Juan Bustillos Montalvo[23]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	Ángel Deschamps Falcón[24][b] Mercedes Morales Utrera[25]		2006–2008 2008–2009	60th Congress
2009	Salvador Manzur Díaz[26][c] Adela Robles Morales[28]		2009–2010 2010–2012	61st Congress
2012	Humberto Alonso Morelli[29]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Francisco José Gutiérrez[30]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018	Ricardo Francisco Exsome Zapata[31]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021	Rosa Hernández Espejo[32]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024[33]	María Josefina Gamboa Torales[34]		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.[2]
2. Deschamps Falcón resigned his seat 11 December 2008.
3. Manzur Díaz resigned his seat on 23 March 2010 in order to contend (successfully) for the municipal presidency of Boca del Río, Veracruz.[27].

References

1. "Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021-2023" (PDF). Instituto Nacional Electoral. p. 270. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
2. Baños Martínez, Marco Antonio; Palacios Mora, Celia (2014). "Evolución territorial de los distritos electorales federales uninominales, 1977–2010" [Territorial evolution of the federal uninominal electoral districts, 1977–2010]. Investigaciones Geográficas (84). Mexico City: Instituto de Geografía, UNAM: 92. doi:10.14350/rig.34063. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
3. "How Mexico Elects Its Leaders — The Rules". Mexico Solidarity Project. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
4. "Circunscripciones" (PDF). ayuda.ine.mx. Instituto Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
5. De la Rosa, Yared (20 February 2023). "Nueva distritación electoral le quita diputados a la CDMX y le agrega a Nuevo León". Forbes México. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
6. De Luna, Francisco (1 August 2023). "Rumbo a 2024: la nueva distritación federal en Veracruz a partir de septiembre". e-consulta.com Veracruz. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
7. "Descriptivo de la distritación federal: Veracruz, marzo 2017" (PDF). Cartografía. Instituto Nacional Electoral. March 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
8. "Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Federal Electoral por el que se establece la demarcación territorial de los trescientos distritos electorales federales uninominales en que se divide el país para su utilización en los procesos electorales federales 2005-2006 y 2008-2009". Diario Oficial de la Federación. 2 March 2005. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
9. "Distritación de 1996 de Veracruz" (PDF). Instituto Federal Electoral. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2024. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 districting plans.
10. "La redistritación electoral mexicana, 1996: Memoria". Instituto Federal Electoral. 1997. p. 295. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
11. González Casanova, Pablo (1993). Las Elecciones en México: evolución y perspectivas (3 ed.). Siglo XXI. p. 219. ISBN 9789682313219. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
12. "Veracruz". División del Territorio de la República en 300 Distritos Electorales Uninominales para Elecciones Federales. Diario Oficial de la Federación. 29 May 1978. p. 39. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
13. "Legislatura 49" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
14. "Legislatura 50" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
15. "Legislatura 51" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
16. "Legislatura 52" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
17. "Legislatura 53" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
18. "Legislatura 54" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
19. "Legislatura 55" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
20. "Legislatura 56" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
21. "Legislatura 57" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
22. "Perfil: Dip. Francisco Ríos Alarcón, LVIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
23. "Perfil: Dip. Juan Bustillos Montalvo, LIX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
24. "Perfil: Dip. Ángel Rafael Deschamps Falcón, LX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
25. "Perfil: Dip. Mercedes Morales Utrera, LX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
26. "Perfil: Dip. Salvador Manzur Díaz, LXI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
27. "Superó Manzur a Morelli por 1,198 votos, en Boca del Río y recibe constancia de mayoría". Al Calor Político. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
28. "Perfil: Dip. Adela Robles Morales, LXI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
29. "Perfil: Dip. Humberto Alonso Morelli, LXII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
30. "Perfil: Dip. Francisco José Gutiérrez de Velasco Urtaza, LXIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
31. "Perfil: Dip. Ricardo Francisco Exsome Zapata, LXIV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
32. "Perfil: Dip. Rosa Hernández Espejo, LXV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
33. "Veracruz Distrito 4. Boca del Río". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
34. "Perfil: Dip. María Josefina Gamboa Torales, LXVI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 September 2024.

19°06′N 96°06′W