The 7th 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 this 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 Mónica Herrera Villavicencio 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 7th district covers 276 electoral precincts () across nine municipalities in the central region of the state: Altotonga, Atzalán, Jalacingo, Martínez de la Torre, Misantla, Nautla, San Rafael, Tenochtitlán and Tlapacoyan.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Martínez de la Torre. The district reported a population of 442,013 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 7th district comprised nine municipalities in broadly the same region of the state: Altotonga, Atzalán, Jalacingo, Las Minas, Martínez de la Torre, Misantla, Tenochtitlán, Tlapacoyan and Villa Aldama. The head town was at Martínez de la Torre.
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 Martínez de la Torre and it covered nine municipalities: The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 districting plans. Atzalán, Jalacingo, Landero y Coss, Martínez de la Torre, Misantla, Nautla, Tenochtitlán, Tlapacoyan and San Rafael.
1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, which allocated Veracruz 23 districts, the head town was at Martínez de Alatorre and the district covered 7 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 7th district had its head town at Coatepec and it covered the municipalities of Actopan, Alto Lucero, La Antigua, Apazapán, Banderilla, Coatepec, Emiliano Zapata, Jalcomulco, Paso de Ovejas, Puente Nacional, Rafael Lucio, Tlalnelhuayocan, Úrsulo Galván and Xico.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Veracruz's 7th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1973Delia de la Paz Rebolledo de Díaz1973–197649th Congress1976Daniel Nogueira Huerta1976–197950th Congress1979Carlos Roberto Smith Véliz1979–198251st Congress1982Servando Díaz Suárez1982–198552nd Congress1985Carlos Roberto Smith Véliz1985–198853rd Congress19881988–199154th Congress1991Salvador Valencia Carmona1991–199455th Congress1994Servando Andrés Díaz Suárez1994–199756th Congress1997Gonzalo Morgado Huesca1997–200057th Congress2000Pedro Manterola Sáinz2000–200358th Congress2003Guillermo Zorrilla Fernández2003–200659th Congress2006José de la Torre SánchezMaría de Jesús Martínez Díaz2006–200960th Congress2009Alba Leonila Méndez Herrera2009–201261st Congress2012Verónica Carreón Cervantes 2012–201562nd Congress2015Édgar Spinoso Carrera 2015–201863rd Congress2018Rodrigo Calderón Salas2018–202164th Congress2021Mónica Herrera VillavicencioMaría Fernanda Lima BuenrostroMónica Herrera Villavicencio2021–20242024202465th Congress2024Mónica Herrera Villavicencio2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Veracruz's 7th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 55.12542024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 71.1019
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