The fourth 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.[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.[2][3]
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Boca del Río.[6]
Previous districting schemes
2017–2022
Between 2017 and 2022, Veracruz was assigned 20 electoral districts. The fourth 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.[1] 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 fourth 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]
^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]
^Deschamps Falcón resigned his seat 11 December 2008.
^"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.