The 10th 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 Ana Miriam Ferráez Centeno 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. Compared to other districts in the state, the reconfigured 10th district underwent little change. Under the 2023 plan it covers all 261 electoral precincts () in the city of Xalapa and its surrounding municipality.
Xalapa, the state capital, also serves as the district's head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied. The district reported a population of 483,932 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 10th district covered the municipality of Xalapa except for a portion comprising 19 precincts that belonged to the 8th district. The head town remained at Xalapa.
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 Xalapa and it comprised the western portion of that municipality, covering 221 precincts. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 districting plans.
1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, which allocated Veracruz 23 districts, the head town was at Xalapa and the district covered the city and its surrounding municipality. 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 10th district had its head town at Córdoba and it covered the municipalities of Amatlán de los Reyes, Atoyac, Córdoba, Fortín and Ixtaczoquitlán.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Veracruz's 10th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureAlberto Román1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...19731973–197649th Congress1976Pastor Munguía González1976–197950th Congress1979Silvio Lagos Martínez1979–198251st Congress1982Jorge Minvielle Porte Petit1982–198552nd Congress1985Dante Delgado RannauroMario César Olvera de Gasperín1985–198853rd Congress1988Adalberto Díaz Jacome1988–199154th Congress1991Juan Antonio Nemi Dib1991–199455th Congress1994Enrique Ramos Rodríguez1994–199756th Congress1997Carlos Jaime Rodríguez Velasco1997–200057th Congress2000Eugenio Pérez Cruz2000–200358th Congress2003Miguel Ángel Llera Bello2003–200659th Congress2006Elizabeth Morales García2006–200960th Congress2009Ricardo Ahued Bardahuil2009–201261st Congress2012Uriel Flores Aguayo2012–201562nd Congress2015Cuitláhuac García JiménezSergio René Cancino Barffuson2015–20162016–201863rd Congress20182018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress2024Ana Miriam Ferráez Centeno2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Veracruz's 10th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 58.46942024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 52.9221
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