The 4th federal electoral district of Hidalgo () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of seven such districts in the state of Hidalgo.
It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative period 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 electoral region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Alma Lidia de la Vega Sánchez of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
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 district is located in the east of the state and its head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Tulancingo. It covers 193 electoral precincts () across ten of the state's municipalities: Acatlán, Acaxochitlán, Agua Blanca de Iturbide, Cuautepec de Hinojosa, Huehuetla, Metepec, San Bartolo Tutotepec, Tulantepec de Lugo Guerrero, Tenango de Doria and Tulancingo de Bravo.
The district reported a population of 417,765 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting plans + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Hidalgo 5 6 7 7 7 7 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2002, the 4th district covered the same 10 municipalities as in the 2023 plan.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 districting plan, the district covered 11 municipalities: Acatlán, Acaxochitlán, Agua Blanca de Iturbide, Huasca de Ocampo, Huehuetla, Metepec, Mineral del Monte, Omitlán de Juárez, San Bartolo Tutotepec, Tenango de Doria and Tulancingo de Bravo.
1996–2005 The 1996 redistricting process created Hidalgo's 7th district. A slightly different group of 11 municipalities made up the 4th district between 1996 and 2005: The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. Acatlán, Acaxochitlán, Agua Blanca de Iturbide, Huasca de Ocampo, Huehuetla, Metepec, Omitlán de Juárez, San Bartolo Tutotepec, Tulantepec de Lugo Guerrero, Tenango de Doria and Tulancingo de Bravo.
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, Hidalgo's seat allocation rose from five to six. The 4th district's head town was at Huejutla and it comprised 13 municipalities in the north of the state: Atlapexco, Calnali, Huautla, Huazalingo, Huejutla, Jaltocán, Lolotla, Molango, Orizatlán, Tepehuacán, Tlanchinol, Xochiatipan and Yahualica.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Hidalgo's 4th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureNone1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro1917Samuel H. Mariel1917–19181918Samuel H. Mariel1918–192028th Congress1920Jesús F. Azuara1920–192229th Congress Jesús F. Azuara1922–192430th Congress1924Oscar B. Santander1924–192631st Congress1926Enrique Medécigo Rosas1926–192832nd Congress1928Jesús Medécigo Rosas1928–193033rd Congress1930Enrique Viveros1930–193234th Congress1932Arcadio Cornejo1932–193435th Congress1934Wilfrido Osorio H.1934–193736th Congress19371937–194037th Congress1940Gregorio Hernández1940–194338th Congress1943Raúl Lozano Ramírez1943–194639th Congress19461946–194940th Congress1949Domitilo Austria García1949–195241st Congress19521952–195542nd Congress1955Agustín Mariel Anaya1955–195843rd Congress1958Francisco Rivera Carretta1958–196144th Congress1961Gontrán Noble Pérez y Revilla1961–196445th Congress1964Raúl Lozano Ramírez1964–196746th Congress1967José Gonzalo Badillo Ortiz1967–197047th Congress1970Abel Ramírez Acosta1970–197348th Congress1973Javier Hernández Lara1973–197649th Congress1976José Antonio Zorrilla Pérez1976–197950th Congress1979Jesús Murillo Karam1979–198251st Congress1982Onofre Hernández Rivera1982–198552nd Congress1985Juan Carlos Alva Calderón1985–198853rd Congress1988Orlando Arvizu Lara1988–199154th Congress1991Joel Guerrero Juárez1991–199455th Congress1994Roberto Pedraza Martínez1994–199756th Congress1997Francisco Xavier BerganzaJosé Antonio Haghenbeck Cámara1997–19991999–200057th Congress2000Gerardo Sosa Castelán2000–200358th Congress2003Óscar Bitar Haddad2003–200659th Congress2006María Oralia Vega Ortiz2006–200960th Congress2009David Penchyna Grub2009–201261st Congress2012Emilse Miranda Munive2012–201562nd Congress2015Cesáreo Jorge Márquez Alvarado2015–201863rd Congress2018María Isabel Alfaro Morales2018–202164th Congress2021María Isabel Alfaro Morales2021–202465th Congress2024Alma Lidia de la Vega Sánchez2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Hidalgo's 4th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 60.17702024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 63.9596
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