18th federal electoral district of Veracruz

Federal electoral district of Mexico May 2025 Veracruz's 18th Veracruz 2023 DEF-18.svg red 18th district since 2023 Jonathan Puertos Chimalhua Ecologist Green Party of MexicoEcologist Green Party 66th (2024–2027) Veracruz Zongolica 18 40 N 97 00 W region:MX-VER inline,title 25 municipalities border:none; padding: 0; Acultzingo, Aquila, Astacinga, Atlahuilco, Camerino Z. Mendoza, Coetzala, Cuichapa, Los Reyes, Magdalena, Maltrata, Mixtla, Naranjal, Nogales, Omealca, Rafael Delgado, San Andrés Tenejapan, Soledad Atzompa, Tehuipango, Tequila, Texhuacan, Tezonapa, Tlaquilpa, Tlilapan, Xoxocotla, Zongolica Third 217 423,573 2020 Yes (62%) thumb|Veracruz's 2023 districts thumb|Veracruz under the 2017–2022 districting plan The 18th federal electoral district of Veracruz (es Distrito electoral federal 18 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.Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021–2023 https://cartografia.ife.org.mx/documentacion/memoria-de-la-distritacion-nacional21_23.pdf INE https://web.archive.org/web/20240528223340/https://cartografia.ife.org.mx/documentacion/memoria-de-la-distritacion-nacional21_23.pdf 28 May 2024 270 12 July 2024 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.How Mexico Elects Its Leaders – The Rules https://mexicosolidarityproject.org/voices/172/ Mexico Solidarity Project 20 July 2024 31 January 2024Circunscripciones https://ayuda.ine.mx/2021/informate/assets/docs/Elecciones/Circunscripciones.pdf Ayuda 2021 INE 20 July 2024 The 18th district was re-established in 1978 and was subsequently contested in the 1979 mid-term election. The current member for the district is Jonathan Puertos Chimalhua of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM). He is the alternate of Benito Aguas Atlahua, who was elected in the 2024 general election but was murdered in Zongolica, Veracruz, on 9 December 2024. 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.De la Rosa Yared Nueva distritación electoral le quita diputados a la CDMX y le agrega a Nuevo León https://www.forbes.com.mx/nueva-distritacion-electoral-le-quita-diputados-a-la-cdmx-y-le-agrega-a-nuevo-leon/ 12 July 2024 Forbes México 20 February 2023 The reconfigured 18th district covers 217 electoral precincts (es secciones electorales) across 25 municipalities in the state's Mountains region:Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral por el que se aprueba el proyecto de la demarcación territorial de los trescientos distritos electorales federales uninominales https://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5680128&fecha=20/02/2023#gsc.tab=0 Diario Oficial de la Federación 28 May 2025 20 February 2023De Luna Francisco Rumbo a 2024: la nueva distritación federal en Veracruz a partir de septiembre https://e-veracruz.mx/nota/2023-08-01/elecciones/rumbo-2024-la-nueva-distritacion-federal-en-veracruz-partir-de-septiembre e-consulta.com Veracruz 12 July 2024 1 August 2023 Acultzingo, Aquila, Astacinga, Atlahuilco, Camerino Z. Mendoza, Coetzala, Cuichapa, Los Reyes, Magdalena, Maltrata, Mixtla de Altamirano, Naranjal, Nogales, Omealca, Rafael Delgado, San Andrés Tenejapan, Soledad Atzompa, Tehuipango, Tequila, Texhuacan, Tezonapa, Tlaquilpa, Tlilapan, Xoxocotla and Zongolica. The head town (es cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Zongolica. The district reported a population of 423,573 in the 2020 census and, with Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 62% of that total, it is classified by the INE as an indigenous district.Molina Itzel Arranca proceso electoral 2023–2024 en Veracruz https://www.diariodexalapa.com.mx/local/proceso-electoral-2023-2024-en-veracruz-arranca-oficialmente-instalacion-del-consejo-general-sera-en-el-max-10976346.html https://web.archive.org/web/20240807045922/https://www.diariodexalapa.com.mx/local/proceso-electoral-2023-2024-en-veracruz-arranca-oficialmente-instalacion-del-consejo-general-sera-en-el-max-10976346.html 7 August 2024 7 August 2024 Diario de Xalapa 9 November 2023The INE deems any local or federal electoral district where Indigenous or Afrodescendent inhabitants number 40% or more of the population to be an indigenous district. 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: Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral por el que se aprueba la demarcación territorial de los 300 distritos electorales federales uninominales https://repositoriodocumental.ine.mx/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/92257/CGext201703-15-ap-7.pdf INE Repositorio Documental 15 March 2017 3 April 2025 Because of shifting demographics, Veracruz currently has four fewer districts than the 23 the state was allocated under the 1977 electoral reforms.Evolución territorial de los distritos electorales federales uninominales, 1977–2010 Baños Martínez Marco Antonio Palacios Mora Celia Territorial evolution of the federal uninominal electoral districts, 1977–2010 Investigaciones Geográficas Instituto de Geografía, UNAM Mexico City 2014 84 92 10.14350/rig.34063 https://www.investigacionesgeograficas.unam.mx/index.php/rig/article/view/34063/39223 12 July 2024 free 2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, Veracruz was assigned 20 electoral districts. The 18th district comprised 26 municipalities: the same 25 as under the 2023 plan, plus Huiloapan de Cuauhtémoc, which the 2023 scheme assigned to the 15th district. Its head town was the city of Zongolica.Descriptivo de la distritación federal: Veracruz, marzo 2017 https://cartografia.ife.org.mx/descargas/distritacion2017/federal/30/D30.pdf Cartografía INE March 2017 12 July 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240712042144/https://cartografia.ife.org.mx/descargas/distritacion2017/federal/30/D30.pdf 12 July 2024 2005–2017 Veracruz's allocation of congressional seats fell to 21 in the 2005 redistricting process. Between 2005 and 2017 the 18th district had its head town at Zongolica and it comprised 24 municipalities in the same region as the later schemes:Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Federal Electoral por el que se establece la demarcación territorial de los trescientos distritos electorales federales uninominales https://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=789141&fecha=02/03/2005 Diario Oficial de la Federación 26 May 2024 2 March 2005http://www.ife.org.mx/documentos/DISTRITOS/pdf/PLANOS/30_COMP_090205.pdf Distritación de Veracruz: 1996 y 2005 19 August 2024 IFE https://web.archive.org/web/20090411020142/http://www.ife.org.mx/documentos/DISTRITOS/pdf/PLANOS/30_COMP_090205.pdf 11 April 2009 The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 districting plans. Acultzingo, Astacinga, Atlahuilco, Camerino Z. Mendoza, Coetzala, Cuichapa, Cuitláhuac, Huiloapan de Cuauhtémoc, Magdalena, Mixtla de Altamirano, Omealca, Rafael Delgado, Los Reyes, San Andrés Tenejapan, Soledad Atzompa, Tehuipango, Tequila, Texhuacan, Tezonapa, Tlaquilpa, Tlilapan, Xoxocotla, Yanga and Zongolica. 1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, which assigned Veracruz 23 districts, the head town was at Zongolica and the district covered 19 municipalities.Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Federal Electoral por el que se establece la demarcación territorial de los trescientos distritos electorales federales uninominales https://dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?cod_diario=209649&pagina=101&seccion=3 Diario Oficial de la Federacion 28 May 2025 101 12 August 1996 The link contains a list of the municipalities covered. 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.González Casanova Pablo Pablo González Casanova Las Elecciones en México: evolución y perspectivas 1993 Siglo XXI 9789682313219 3 219 https://books.google.com/books?id=50GTKb1K9jcC 11 July 2024 The newly created 18th district had its head town at Temapache in the state's northern Huasteca Baja region and it covered the municipalities of Álamo Temapache, Castillo de Teayo and Tihuatlán.División del territorio de la República en 300 distritos electorales uninominales para elecciones federales: Veracruz https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?cod_diario=202824&pagina=40&seccion=0 Diario Oficial de la Federación 30 June 2024 40 29 May 1978 Deputies returned to Congress + Veracruz's 18th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1916 Mexican constitutional convention election 1916 es Elecciones federales constituyentes de México de 1916Juan de Dios PalmaLista de diputados al Congreso Constituyente 1916–1917 https://constitucion1917.gob.mx/work/models/Constitucion1917/Resource/251/1/images/005.pdf Constitución de 1917 Secretaría de Cultura 10 April 2025Juan de Dios Palma https://constitucion1917.gob.mx/es/Constitucion1917/Juan_de_Dios_Palma Constitución de 1917 Secretaría de Cultura 10 April 20251916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro 1930 ...1979Noé Ortega MartínezLegislatura 51 https://www.diputados.gob.mx/sedia/biblio/virtual/dip/leg27-60/Legislatura_51.pdf Cámara de Diputados Biblioteca Virtual 21 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1979–198251st Congress1982Silverio Alvarado AlvaradoLegislatura 52 https://www.diputados.gob.mx/sedia/biblio/virtual/dip/leg27-60/Legislatura_52.pdf Cámara de Diputados Biblioteca Virtual 21 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1982–198552nd Congress1985Elvira Rebeca Arenas MartínezLegislatura 53 https://www.diputados.gob.mx/sedia/biblio/virtual/dip/leg27-60/Legislatura_53.pdf Cámara de Diputados Biblioteca Virtual 21 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1985–198853rd Congress1988Francisco Sánchez RodríguezLegislatura 54 https://www.diputados.gob.mx/sedia/biblio/virtual/dip/leg27-60/Legislatura_54.pdf Cámara de Diputados Biblioteca Virtual 21 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1988–199154th Congress1991Juan Bustillos MontalvoLegislatura 55 https://www.diputados.gob.mx/sedia/biblio/virtual/dip/leg27-60/Legislatura_55.pdf Cámara de Diputados Biblioteca Virtual 21 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1991–199455th Congress1994Roberto Álvarez SalgadoLegislatura 56 https://www.diputados.gob.mx/sedia/biblio/virtual/dip/leg27-60/Legislatura_56.pdf Cámara de Diputados Biblioteca Virtual 21 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1994–199756th Congress1997Marcelo Cervantes HuertaPerfil: Dip. Marcelo Cervantes Huerta, LVII Legislatura http://www.sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=99 SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 21 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party1997–200057th Congress2000Edgar Flores GalvánPerfil: Dip. Edgar Flores Galván, LVIII Legislatura https://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?Referencia=992 SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 17 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party 2000–200358th Congress2003Mario Zepahua ValenciaPerfil: Dip. Mario Alberto Rafael Zepahua Valencia, LIX Legislatura https://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?Referencia=569741 SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 17 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party2003–200659th Congress2006Pedro Montalvo GómezPerfil: Dip. Pedro Montalvo Gómez, LX Legislatura http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=2300200 SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 17 July 2024Montalvo Gómez resigned his seat on 14 January 2009 to head the state water commission during the governorship of Fidel Herrera.Hoy deja Pedro Montalvo la diputación federal para asumir la Comisión del agua https://www.alcalorpolitico.com/informacion/hoy-deja-pedro-montalvo-la-diputaci-n-federal-para-asumir-la-comisi-n-del-agua-30724.html 18 July 2024 Al Calor Político 13 January 2009María Dolores Ortega TzitzihuaPerfil: Dip. María Dolores Ortega Tzitzihua, LX Legislatura http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=2302589 SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 17 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party2006–2009200960th Congress2009María Isabel Pérez SantosPerfil: Dip. María Isabel Pérez Santos, LXI Legislatura http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=6910964 SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 17 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party2009–201261st Congress2012Tomás López LanderoPerfil: Dip. Tomás López Landero, LXII Legislatura https://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?Referencia=9217702 SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 17 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party2012–201562nd Congress2015Lillián Zepahua GarcíaPerfil: Dip. Lillián Zepahua García, LXIII Legislatura https://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?Referencia=9218945 SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 17 July 202422px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party2015–201863rd Congress2018Diputaciones: Veracruz. Distrito 18. Zongolica https://computos2018.ine.mx/#/diputaciones/distrito/detalle/1/3/4/1?entidad=30&distrito=18 Cómputos Distritales 2018 INE 13 July 2025Bonifacio Aguilar Linda esPerfil: Dip. Bonifacio Aguilar Linda, LXIV Legislatura https://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?Referencia=9223347 SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 17 July 202422px|link=National Regeneration Movement2018–202164th Congress2021Diputaciones: Veracruz. Distrito 18. Zongolica https://computos2021.ine.mx/circunscripcion3/veracruz/distrito18-zongolica/votos-candidatura Cómputos Distritales 2021 INE 13 July 2025Itzel Alelí Domínguez ZopiyactlePerfil: Dip. Itzel Alelí Domínguez Zopiyactle, LVX Legislatura https://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?Referencia=9227673 SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 17 July 202422px|link=Ecologist Green Party of Mexico2021–202465th Congress2024Diputaciones: Veracruz. Distrito 18. Zongolica https://computos2024.ine.mx/diputaciones/nacional/circunscripcion/2/entidad/30/distrito/18/candidatura Cómputos Distritales 2024 INE 16 July 2024Benito Aguas AtlahuaPerfil: Dip. Benito Aguas Atlahua, LXVI Legislatura SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 3 September 2024 http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=9228248Aguas Atlahua was murdered in Zongolica on 9 December 2024.Salvador Cinthia Confirman muerte de Benito Aguas Atlahua, diputado federal de Veracruz, tras ataque a balazos https://www.infobae.com/mexico/2024/12/10/confirman-muerte-de-benito-aguas-atlahua-diputado-federal-de-veracruz-tras-ataque-a-balazos/ 11 December 2024 Infobae 10 December 2024 His alternate, Puertos Chimalhua, was sworn in on 11 December.Jonathan Puertos Chimalhua rindió protesta como diputado federal de la LXVI Legislatura https://comunicacionsocial.diputados.gob.mx/index.php/boletines/jonathan-puertos-chimalhua-rindio-protesta-como-diputado-federal-de-la-lxvi-legislatura Cámara de Diputados 11 December 2024Jonathan Puertos ChimalhuaPerfil: Dip. Jonathan Puertos Chimalhua, LXVI Legislatura SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 12 December 2024 http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=922824922px|link=Ecologist Green Party of Mexico20242024–202766th Congress Presidential elections + Veracruz's 18th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018 Presidencia: Veracruz. Distrito 18. Zongolica https://computos2018.ine.mx/#/presidencia/distrito/detalle/1/1/3/1?entidad=30&distrito=18 Cómputos Distritales 2018 INE 4 July 2025Andrés Manuel López Obrador 22px|link=Labour Party (Mexico) 22px|link=National Regeneration Movement 22px|link=Social Encounter PartyJuntos Haremos Historia 51.92472024 Presidencia: Veracruz. Distrito 18. Zongolica https://computos2024.ine.mx/presidencia/nacional/entidad/30/distrito/18/candidatura Cómputos Distritales 2024 INE 4 July 2025Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo 22px|link=Ecologist Green Party of Mexico 22px|link=Labour Party (Mexico) 22px|link=National Regeneration MovementSigamos Haciendo Historia 63.3110 Notes References expanded Category:Federal electoral districts of Mexico Category:Politics of Veracruz Category:Geography of Veracruz