The 12th 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 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 12th district covers 231 electoral precincts () across the bulk of the municipality of Veracruz, including the downtown area of the port of Veracruz (the southern portion of the city is assigned to the 4th district based in Boca del Río).
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Veracruz. The district reported a population of 375,657 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 12th district covered 181 precincts (secciones electorales) in the municipality of Veracruz, plus the municipalities of Boca del Río, Jamapa, Manlio Fabio Altamirano and Medellín. Its head town was the city of Veracruz.
2005–2017 Veracruz's allocation of congressional seats fell to 21 in the 2005 redistricting process. Between 2005 and 2017 the 12th district had its head town at Veracruz and it comprised the north-western portion of the municipality of Veracruz. 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 the city of Veracruz 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 12th district had its head town at Cosamaloapan and it covered the municipalities of Acula, Alvarado, Amatitlán, Cosamaloapan, Chacaltianguis, Ignacio de la Llave, Ixmatlahuacán, Otatitlán, Tierra Blanca, Tlacojalpan and Tuxtilla.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Veracruz's 12th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureÁngel Juarico1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1961Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán1961–19641964José Antonio Cobos Panamá1964–19671967Mariano Ramos Zarrabal1967–197047th Congress1970Ignacio Altamirano Marín1970–19731973Fidel Herrera Beltrán1973–197649th Congress19761976–197950th Congress1979Gonzalo Vázquez Bravo1979–198251st Congress1982Irma Cué de Duarte1982–198552nd Congress1985Isidro Pulido Reyes1985–198853rd Congress1988Gilberto Uzlanga Medina1988–199154th Congress1991Fidel Herrera Beltrán1991–199455th Congress1994Manuel Pérez Bonilla1994–199756th Congress1997María del Socorro Aubry Orozco1997–200057th Congress2000Sergio Vaca Betancourt Bretón2000–200358th Congress2003Francisco Juan Ávila Camberos2003–200659th Congress2006María Victoria Gutiérrez Lagunes2006–200960th Congress2009Carolina Gudiño CorroNely Miranda2009–20102010–201261st Congress2012Rafael Acosta Croda2012–201562nd Congress2015Gabriela Ramírez Ramos2015–201863rd Congress2018Mariana Dunyaska García Rojas2018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress20242024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Veracruz's 12th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 42.78472024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 60.0419
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