The 1st federal electoral district of 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.
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.
The current member for the district is Denisse Guzmán González of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM). She replaced María del Carmen Pinete Vargas, who was elected in the 2024 general election but died in office on 1 April 2025.
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. The reconfigured 1st district covers 355 electoral precincts () across 15 municipalities in the Huasteca Alta region in the extreme north of the state: Chalma, Chiconamel, Chontla, Citlaltépetl, El Higo, Ixcatepec, Ozuluama, Platón Sánchez, Pueblo Viejo, Pánuco, Tamalín, Tampico Alto, Tantima, Tantoyuca and Tempoal.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Pánuco. The district reported a population of 441,087 in the 2020 census and, with Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 40% of that total, it is classified by the INE as an indigenous district.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Veracruz15 23 23 21 20 19 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
Because of shifting demographics, Veracruz currently has four fewer districts than the 23 the state was allocated under the 1977 electoral reforms.
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, Veracruz was assigned 20 electoral districts. The 1st district comprised 13 municipalities in the same part of the state: Chinampa de Gorostiza, Citlaltépetl, El Higo, Naranjos Amatlán, Ozuluama, Pánuco, Pueblo Viejo, Tamalín, Tamiahua, Tampico Alto, Tancoco, Tantima, and Tempoal. The head town was at Pánuco.
2005–2017 Veracruz's allocation of congressional seats fell to 21 in the 2005 redistricting process. Between 2005 and 2017 the district had its head town at Pánuco and it covered 11 municipalities: The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 districting plans. Naranjos Amatlán, Chinampa de Gorostiza, Ozuluama, Pánuco, Pueblo Viejo, Tamalín, Tampico Alto, Tancoco, Tantima, Tempoal, and El Higo.
1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, which allocated Veracruz 23 districts, the head town was at Pánuco and the district covered nine municipalities. 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. The 1st district had its head town at Tantoyuca in the Huasteca Alta and it covered the municipalities of Amatlán, Tuxpan, Citlaltépetl, Chalma, Chiconamel, Chinampa, Chontla, Ixcatepec, Platón Sánchez, Tamalín, Tantima and Tantoyuca.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Veracruz's 1st district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureNone1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1976Guilebaldo Flores Fuentes1976–197950th Congress1979Gustavo Gámez Pérez1979–198251st Congress1982Antonio Murrieta Necoechea1982–198552nd Congress1985Guilebaldo Flores del Ángel1985–198853rd Congress1988Carlos Herrera Rodríguez1988–199154th Congress1991Gustavo Gámez Pérez1991–199455th Congress1994Joaquín Juárez del Ángel1994–199756th Congress1997Fortunato Guzmán Rivera1997–200057th Congress2000Guillermo Díaz Gea2000–200358th Congress2003Rocío Guzmán de Paz2003–200659th Congress2006Pedro Pulido Pecero2006–200960th Congress2009Patricio Chirinos del Ángel2009–201261st Congress2012Zita Pazzi Maza2012–201562nd Congress2015Sofia del Sagrario de León Maza2015–201863rd Congress2018Ricardo García Escalante2018–202164th Congress2021Armando Antonio Gómez Betancourt2021–202465th Congress2024María del Carmen Pinete VargasDenisse Guzmán González2024–20252025–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Veracruz's 1st district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 48.88472024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 64.3159
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