The 5th 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, elected in the 2024 general election, is Francisco Javier Velázquez Vallejo of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
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 5th district covers 256 electoral precincts () across the municipalities of Poza Rica, Tamiahua, Tihuatlán and Tuxpan in the north of the state.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Poza Rica de Hidalgo. The district reported a population of 455,040 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Veracruz 15 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 5th district had its head town at Poza Rica but it comprised only three municipalities: Poza Rica, Coatzintla and Tihuatlán.
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 Poza Rica and it covered four municipalities: The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 districting plans. Castillo de Teayo, Coatzintla, Poza Rica and Tihuatlán.
1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, which allocated Veracruz 23 districts, the head town was at Poza Rica and the district covered the municipalities of Coatzintla, Poza Rica and Tihuatlán.
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 5th district had its head town at Misantla and it covered the municipalities of Acajete, Atzalán, Coacoatzintla, Colipa, Chiconquiaco, Jilotepec, Juchique, Landero y Coss, Miahuatlán, Las Minas, Misantla, Nautla, Perote, Tatatila, Tenochtitlán, Tlacolulan, Tonavan, Vega de Alatorre, Vigas de Ramírez, Villa Aldama and Yecuatla.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Veracruz's 5th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureRodolfo CurtiJenaro Ramírez1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1973Rafael Hernández OchoaGuillermo Muñoz Mosqueda1973–19741974–197649th Congress1976Seth Cardeña Luna1976–197950th Congress1979Lucía Méndez Hernández1979–198251st Congress1982Alfonso Arroyo Flores1982–198552nd Congress1985Juan Nicolás Callejas Arroyo1985–198853rd Congress1988Gustavo Moreno Ramos1988–199154th Congress1991Celestino Manuel Ortiz Denetro1991–199455th Congress1994Guillermo Zúñiga Martínez1994–199756th Congress19971997–200057th Congress2000Marcos Paulino López Mora2000–200358th Congress2003Pablo Anaya Rivera2003–200659th Congress2006Antonio del Valle Toca2006–200960th Congress2009Sergio Lorenzo Quiroz Cruz2009–201261st Congress2012Gaudencio Hernández Burgos2012–201562nd Congress20152015–201863rd Congress20182018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress2024Francisco Javier Velázquez Vallejo2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Veracruz's 5th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 61.85492024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 69.7696
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