The 13th 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 Blanca Estela Hernández Rodríguez of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).
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 13th district covers 197 electoral precincts () across 16 municipalities in the state's Sotavento and Mountains regions: Camarón de Tejeda, Atoyac, Carrillo Puerto, Comapa, Cotaxtla, Huatusco, Ixhuatlán del Café, Jamapa, Manlio Fabio Altamirano, Medellín de Bravo, Paso del Macho, Sochiapa, Soledad de Doblado, Tepatlaxco, Tlacotepec de Mejía and Zentla.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Huatusco. The district reported a population of 392,118 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 13th district covered 14 municipalities in the same region between the mountains and the sea as at present: Camarón de Tejeda, Carrillo Puerto, Comapa, Cotaxtla, Cuitláhuac, Huatusco, Ignacio de la Llave, Paso del Macho, Paso de Ovejas, Sochiapa, Soledad de Doblado, Tierra Blanca, Tlalixcoyan and Zentla. Its head town was the city of Huatusco.
2005–2017 Veracruz's allocation of congressional seats fell to 21 in the 2005 redistricting process. Between 2005 and 2017 the 13th district had its head town at Huatusco and it comprised 19 municipalities: The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 districting plans. Camarón de Tejeda, La Antigua, Atoyac, Tlaltetela, Carrillo Puerto, Comapa, Huatusco, Ixhuatlán del Café, Manlio Fabio Altamirano, Paso del Macho, Paso de Ovejas, Puente Nacional, Sochiapa, Soledad de Doblado, Tenampa, Tepatlaxco, Tlacotepec de Mejía, Totutla and Zentla.
1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, which allocated Veracruz 23 districts, the head town was at Huatusco and the district covered 18 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 13th district had its head town at Acayucan and it covered the municipalities of Acayucan, Catemaco, Hueyapan, Isla, Juan Rodríguez Clara, Mecayapan, Playa Vicente and Soteapan.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Veracruz's 13th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureHeriberto Jara1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1973Serafín Domínguez Ferman1973–197649th Congress1976Francisco Cinta Guzmán1976–197950th Congress1979Marco Antonio Muñoz1979–198251st Congress19821982–198552nd Congress1985Hesiquio Aguilar de la Parra1985–198853rd Congress1988Humberto Peña Reyes1988–199154th Congress1991Jorge Uscanga Escobar1991–199455th Congress1994Pedro Guillermo Rivera Pavón1994–199756th Congress1997Rafael Spinoso Foglia1997–200057th Congress2000Jorge Schettino Pérez2000–200358th Congress2003Alberto Urcino Méndez Gálvez2003–200659th Congress2006Agustín Mollinedo Hernández2006–200960th Congress2009Felipe Amadeo Flores EspinosaFrida Celeste Rosas Peralta2009–20112011–201261st Congress2012Víctor Serralde Martínez2012–201562nd Congress2015Miguel Ángel Sedas Castro2015–201863rd Congress2018Eleuterio Arrieta Sánchez2018–202164th Congress2021Angélica Peña Martínez2021–202465th Congress2024Blanca Estela Hernández Rodríguez2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Veracruz's 13th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 49.85982024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 62.6972
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