16th federal electoral district of Puebla

Federal electoral district of Mexico May 2025 Puebla's 16th Federal Electoral Districts of Puebla (since 2022).png #dfcbfb 16th district since 2023 Adolfo Alatriste Cantú Ecologist Green Party of MexicoEcologist Green Party 66th (2024–2027) Puebla Ajalpan 18 37 N 97 24 W region:MX-PUE inline,title 25 municipalities border:none; padding: 0; Ajalpan, Altepexi, Atexcal, Caltepec, Coxcatlán, Coyomeapan, Coyotepec, Eloxochitlán, Huitziltepec, Ixcaquixtla, Juan N. Méndez, Molcaxac, San Antonio Cañada, San Gabriel Chilac, San José Miahuatlán, Tepexi de Rodríguez, Tepeyahualco de Cuauhtémoc, Tlacotepec de Benito Juárez, San Sebastián Tlacotepec, Tochtepec, Vicente Guerrero, Xochitlán Todos Santos, Zapotitlán, Zinacatepec, Zoquitlán Fourth 194 417,829 2020 Yes (62%) thumb|Puebla's districts in 2017–2022 The 16th federal electoral district of Puebla (es Distrito electoral federal 16 de Puebla) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 16 such districts in the state of Puebla.Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021–2023 https://cartografia.ife.org.mx/documentacion/memoria-de-la-distritacion-nacional21_23.pdf INE 251 4 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20240528223340/https://cartografia.ife.org.mx/documentacion/memoria-de-la-distritacion-nacional21_23.pdf 28 May 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 fourth region.How Mexico Elects Its Leaders – The Rules https://mexicosolidarityproject.org/voices/172/ Mexico Solidarity Project 4 June 2025 31 January 2024Circunscripciones https://ayuda.ine.mx/2021/informate/assets/docs/Elecciones/Circunscripciones.pdf Ayuda 2021 INE 4 June 2025 Suspended in 1930,An amendment to Article 52 of the Constitution in 1928 changed the original provision of "one deputy per 60,000 inhabitants" to "one deputy per 100,000";Diario Oficial de la Federación, 20 de agosto de 1928 https://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/ref/dof/CPEUM_ref_006_20ago28_ima.pdf 10 January 2025 Diario Oficial de la Federación 20 August 1928Artículo 52, reformas https://www.scjn.gob.mx/sites/default/files/cpeum/documento/2017-03/CPEUM-052.pdf Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación 11 July 2024 as a result, the size of the Chamber of Deputies fell from 281 in the 1928 election to 171 in 1934.Godoy Luis Reelección en la Cámara de Diputados, 1917–1934 http://departamentodecienciapolitica.itam.mx/sites/default/files/u327/tesis_luis_godoy.pdf Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México 10 January 2025 Puebla's 16th was re-established by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) in 2005. It was suspended again in 2017 but was restored in the 2023 redistricting process. The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Adolfo Alatriste Cantú of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM). District territory Under the 2023 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, Puebla's congressional seat allocation rose from 15 to 16.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/ 4 June 2025 Forbes México 20 February 2023 The restored 16th district is in Puebla's south-east and covers 194 electoral precincts (es secciones electorales) across 25 of the state's municipalities: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 520 4 June 2025 20 February 2023Macuitl Gallardo Paola Esta es la nueva distritación federal en Puebla para las elecciones de 2024 https://www.ambasmanos.mx/elecciones-2024/esta-es-la-nueva-distritacion-federal-en-puebla-para-las-elecciones-de-2024/57453/ 4 June 2025 Ambas Manos 20 February 2023 Ajalpan, Altepexi, Atexcal, Caltepec, Coxcatlán, Coyomeapan, Coyotepec, Eloxochitlán, Huitziltepec, Ixcaquixtla, Juan N. Méndez, Molcaxac, San Antonio Cañada, San Gabriel Chilac, San José Miahuatlán, Tepexi de Rodríguez, Tepeyahualco de Cuauhtémoc, Tlacotepec de Benito Juárez, San Sebastián Tlacotepec, Tochtepec, Vicente Guerrero, Xochitlán Todos Santos, Zapotitlán, Zinacatepec and Zoquitlán. The head town (es cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Ajalpan. The district reported a population of 417,829 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.Total inhabitants, not voters. The 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 Puebla 10 14 15 16 15 16 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources: González Casanova Pablo Pablo González Casanova Las Elecciones en México: evolución y perspectivas 1993 Siglo XXI 9789682313219 3 220 https://books.google.com/books?id=50GTKb1K9jcC 4 June 2025Evolución 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 4 June 2025 freeAcuerdo 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 142 15 March 2017 4 June 2025 2017–2022 From 2017 to 2022, Puebla was assigned only 15 congressional seats. The 16th district was in abeyance for that period and therefore did not return deputies to Congress in the 2018 or 2021 elections.Descriptivo de la distritación federal: Puebla, marzo 2017 http://cartografia.ife.org.mx//descargas/distritacion2017/federal/21/D21.pdf Cartografía INE 4 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20240609041049/http://cartografia.ife.org.mx//descargas/distritacion2017/federal/21/D21.pdf 9 June 2024 2005–2017 Because of changing population dynamics in the 2000 Census, the 16th district was re-established by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) in its 2005 districting plan. Its head town was at Ajalpan and it covered 23 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_detalle.php?codigo=789141&fecha=02/03/2005 Diario Oficial de la Federación 4 June 2025 2 March 2005 The link contains a list of the municipalities covered.Distritacion de Puebla 1996/2005 http://www.ife.org.mx/documentos/DISTRITOS/pdf/PLANOS/21_COMP_090205.pdf IFE 4 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20090319190034/http://www.ife.org.mx/documentos/DISTRITOS/pdf/PLANOS/21_COMP_090205.pdf 19 March 2009 The link contains maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes. Deputies returned to Congress + Puebla's 16th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1916 Mexican constitutional convention election 1916 es Elecciones federales constituyentes de México de 1916Gilberto de la FuenteLista 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 4 June 2025 Gilberto de la Fuente https://constitucion1917.gob.mx/es/Constitucion1917/Gilberto_de_la_Fuente Constitución de 1917 Secretaría de Cultura 4 June 20251916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro1922 ...1933 The 16th district was suspended between 1930 and 20062006Mario Mendoza CortésPerfil: Dip. Mario Mendoza Cortés, LX Legislatura SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 4 June 2025 https://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=2300573Mendoza Cortés was killed in a traffic accident on 26 September 2007.Ayer falleció el coordinador de los diputados federales priistas por Puebla https://www.lajornadadeoriente.com.mx/2007/09/27/puebla/pol303.php 4 June 2025 La Jornada de Oriente 27 September 2007 He was replaced for the remainder of his term by his alternate, López Balbuena.Guillermina López BalbuenaPerfil: Dip. Guillermina López Balbuena, LX Legislatura SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 4 June 2025 https://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=230292822px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party2006–20072007–200960th Congress2009Julieta Octavia Marín TorresPerfil: Dip. Julieta Octavia Marín Torres, LXI Legislatura SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 4 June 2025 https://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=691106222px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party2009–201261st Congress2012Lisandro Arístides Campos CórdovaPerfil: Dip. Lisandro Arístides Campos Córdova, LXII Legislatura SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 4 June 2025 http://www.sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?Referencia=921757822px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party2012–201562nd Congress2015Edith Villa TrujilloPerfil: Dip. Edith Villa Trujillo, LXIII Legislatura SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 4 June 2025 https://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?Referencia=921901122px|link=Institutional Revolutionary Party2015–201863rd Congress2020 The 16th district was suspended between 2018 and 20242024Diputaciones: Puebla. Distrito 16: Ajapan https://computos2024.ine.mx/diputaciones/nacional/circunscripcion/3/entidad/21/distrito/16/candidatura Cómputos Distritales 2024 INE 4 June 2025Adolfo Alatriste CantúPerfil: Dip. Adolfo Alatriste Cantú, LXVI Legislatura SEGOB Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) 4 June 2025 https://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?Referencia=922847122px|link=National Regeneration Movement2024–202766th Congress Presidential elections + Puebla's 16th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018District suspended2024 Presidencia: Puebla. Distrito 16: Ajapan https://computos2024.ine.mx/presidencia/nacional/entidad/21/distrito/16/candidatura Cómputos Distritales 2024 INE 30 June 2025Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo 22px|link=Ecologist Green Party of Mexico 22px|link=Labour Party (Mexico) 22px|link=National Regeneration MovementSigamos Haciendo Historia 69.9383 Notes References expanded Category:Federal electoral districts of Mexico Category:Government of Puebla