The 5th 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 Astrit Viridiana Cornejo Gómez 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 covers 214 electoral precincts () across ten municipalities in the south-western portion of Hidalgo, adjacent to the states of Mexico and Querétaro: Atitalaquia, Atotonilco de Tula, Chapantongo, Huichapan, Nopala de Villagrán, Tepeji del Río de Ocampo, Tepetitlán, Tezontepec de Aldama, Tlaxcoapan and Tula de Allende.
Its head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the El Llano neighbourhood of the city of Tula de Allende. The district reported a population of 470,382 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 2022, the district comprised the same 10 municipalities as in the 2023 plan.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 scheme, the district covered the same 10 municipalities.
1996–2005 The 1996 redistricting process created Hidalgo's 7th district. From 1996 to 2005, the 5th district covered 12 municipalities in the same part of the state: The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. Ajacuba, Tetepango, Tlahuelilpan, Atitalaquia, Atotonilco de Tula, Chapantongo, Nopala de Villagrán, Tepeji del Río de Ocampo, Tepetitlán, Tezontepec de Aldama, Tlaxcoapan and Tula de Allende.
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 5th district's head town was at Zimapán in the north-west of the state and it comprised 14 municipalities. Alfajayucan, Chapantongo, Chapulhuacán, Huichapan, Ixmiquilpan, Jacala, La Misión, Nicolás Flores, Nopala de Villagrán, Pacula, Pisaflores, Tasquillo, Tecozautla and Zimapán.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Hidalgo's 5th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureRafael Vega Sánchez1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro1917Rafael Vega Sánchez1917–19181918Narciso Paz1918–192028th Congress1920Francisco de la Peña1920–192229th CongressFernando Herrera1922–192430th Congress1924Artemio Basurto1924–192631st Congress1926Fernando Herrera1926–192832nd Congress1928Fernando Herrera1928–193033rd Congress1930Juan Cruz Oropeza1930–193234th Congress1932José Lugo Guerrero1932–193435th Congress1934Ricardo de la Peña 1934–193736th Congress1937José Lugo Guerrero1937–194037th Congress19401940–194338th Congress1943Adolfo Lugo Guerrero1943–194639th Congress1946Fernando Cruz Chávez1946–194940th Congress1949Luis de la Concha Paulín 1949–19501950–195141st Congress1952Antonio Ponce Lagos1952–195542nd Congress1955Miguel Gómez Méndoza1955–195843rd Congress1958Martiniano Martínez Álvarez1958–196144th Congress1961Jorge Rojo Lugo1961–196445th Congress1964Jaime López Peimbert1964–196746th Congress1967Humberto Lugo Gil1967–197047th Congress1970Enrique Soto Reséndiz1970–197348th Congress1973Ismael Villegas Rosas1973–197649th Congress1976Vicente Trejo Callejas1976–197950th Congress1979José Guadarrama Márquez1979–198251st Congress1982Humberto Lugo Gil1982–198552nd Congress1985José Badillo Ortiz1985–198853rd Congress1988Gregorio Bonilla Chávez1988–199154th Congress19911991–199455th Congress1994Miguel Ángel Islas Chío1994–199756th Congress1997Noé Paredes Salazar1997–200057th Congress2000Raúl Efrén Sicilia Salgado2000–200358th Congress2003Jorge Romero Romero2003–200659th Congress2006Fernando Moctezuma Pereda2006–200960th Congress2009Ramón Ramírez ValtierraMarcela Vieyra Alamilla 2009–20112011–201261st Congress2012José Antonio Rojo García de Alba2012–201562nd Congress2015Fernando Moctezuma Pereda 2015–201863rd Congress2018Julio César Ángeles Mendoza2018–202164th Congress2021Cuauhtémoc Ochoa Fernández 2021–202465th Congress2024Astrit Viridiana Cornejo Gómez2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Hidalgo's 5th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 62.75252024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 70.9527
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