The 5th federal electoral district of Mexico City (; previously "of the Federal District") is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 22 such districts in Mexico City.
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.
Carlos Ulloa Pérez of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) was elected for the district in the 2024 general election but resigned his seat on 19 March 2025. He was replaced by his alternate, .
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, the 5th district covers the southern, rural portion of the borough (alcaldía) of Tlalpan down to the border with the state of Morelos, together with the northwestern portion of Xochimilco, for a total of 180 electoral precincts ().
The district reported a population of 429,403 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Mexico City (Federal District) 27 40 30 27 24 22 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the 5th district covered the rural south of Tlalpan.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 districting scheme, the district covered the northern portion of Tlalpan (i.e., most of the borough's urban areas). The link contains maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
1996–2005 Between 1996 and 2005, the district covered the northern portion of the borough of Miguel Hidalgo and the west of Azcapotzalco. The link contains a detailed description of the 1996 district's territory.
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, the Federal District's seat allocation rose from 27 to 40. The 5th district covered portions of the boroughs of Cuauhtémoc and Venustiano Carranza in the centre of the city. The link contains an exact description of the district's territory.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Mexico City's 5th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro19171917–191827th Congress1918Alfredo RodríguezPLN1918–192028th Congress1920Jesús M. Garza1920–192229th CongressLuis G. Malváez1922–192430th Congress19241924–192631st Congress1926Samuel O. Yudico1926–192832nd Congress1928Arturo de Saracho ValenzuelaPO1928–193033rd Congress1930Ismael Salas1930–193234th Congress1932Vicente L. Benéitez1932–193435th Congress1934Víctor Fernández Manero1934–193736th Congress1937Francisco Sotomayor Ruiz1937–194037th Congress1940Carlos M. Orlaineta1940–194338th Congress1943J. Leonardo Flores Vázquez1943–194649th Congress1946Leobardo Wolstano Pineda1946–194940th Congress1949J. Leonardo Flores Vázquez1949–195241st Congress1952José María Ruiz Zavala1952–195542nd Congress1955Alfonso Sánchez Madariaga1955–195843rd Congress1958José María Ruiz Zavala1958–196144th Congress1961Agustín Vivanco Miranda1961–196445th Congress1964Everardo Gámiz Fernández1964–196746th Congress19671967–197047th Congress1970Raúl Gómez Pedroso Suzán1970–197348th Congress1973Hilario Punzo Morales1973–197649th Congress1976Miguel Molina Herrera1976–197950th Congress1979Juan Araiza Cabrales1979–198251st Congress1982Miguel Ángel Morado Garrido1982–198552nd Congress1985Rafael de Jesús Lozano Contreras1985–198853rd Congress1988Ramón Choreño Sánchez1988–199154th Congress1991Filiberto Paniagua García1991–199455th Congress1994Francisco Martínez Rivera1994–199756th Congress1997Fernando Hernández Mendoza1997–200057th Congress2000Jesús López Sandoval2000–200358th Congress2003Francisco Javier Carrillo Soberón2003–200659th Congress2006Maricela Contreras Julián2006–200960th Congress2009César González Madruga2009–201261st Congress2012José Antonio Hurtado Gallegos2012–201562nd Congress2015 Patricia Elena Aceves Pastrana2015–201863rd Congress2018Claudia López Rayón2018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress2024Carlos Ulloa Pérez2024–20252025–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Mexico City's 5th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia56.07612024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia56.7968
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