The 15th 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, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is Dulce María Corina Villegas Guarneros 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 15th district covers 211 electoral precincts () across 12 municipalities in the state's Mountains region: Alpatláhuac, Atzacan, Calcahualco, Chocamán, Coscomatepec, Huiloapan de Cuauhtémoc, Ixhuatlancillo, La Perla, Mariano Escobedo, Orizaba, Río Blanco and Tomatlán.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Orizaba. The district reported a population of 409,230 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 15th district comprised 10 municipalities in the same region as under the 2022 plan: Alpatláhuac, Atzacan, Calcahualco, Coscomatepec, Ixhuatlancillo, Ixtaczoquitlán, Mariano Escobedo, Orizaba, La Perla and Río Blanco. The head town was the city of Orizaba.
2005–2017 Veracruz's allocation of congressional seats fell to 21 in the 2005 redistricting process. Between 2005 and 2017 the 15th district had its head town at Orizaba and it comprised 13 municipalities: The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 districting plans. Alpatlahuac, Aquila, Calcahualco, Coscomatepec, Chocamán, Ixhuatlancillo, Maltrata, Mariano Escobedo, Nogales, Orizaba, La Perla, Río Blanco and Tomatlán.
1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, which allocated Veracruz 23 districts, the head town was at Orizaba and the district covered 13 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 15th district had its head town at Coatzacoalcos in the south of the state and it covered the municipalities of Coatzacoalcos, Ixhuatlán del Sureste and Moloacán.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Veracruz's 15th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1973Manuel Ramos Gurrión1973–197649th Congress1976Eduardo Thomac Domínguez1976–197950th Congress1979Francisco Mata Aguilar1979–198251st Congress1982Carlos Brito Gómez1982–198552nd Congress1985Héctor Sen Flores1985–198853rd Congress1988Marco Antonio Castellanos López1988–199154th Congress1991Fernando Arturo Charleston Salinas1991–199455th Congress1994Amado Cruz Malpica1994–199756th Congress1997Aquileo Herrera Munguía1997–200057th Congress2000Manuel Orozco Garza2000–200358th Congress2003Tomás Trueba Gracian2003–200659th Congress2006Gerardo Lagunes Gallina2006–200960th Congress2009Fidel Kuri Grajales2009–201261st Congress2012Juan Manuel Diez FrancosJuan Isidro del Bosque Márquez2012–20132013–201562nd Congress2015Fidel Kuri Grajales2015–201863rd Congress2018Corina Villegas Guarneros2018–202164th Congress2021Corina Villegas Guarneros2021–202465th Congress2024Corina Villegas Guarneros2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Veracruz's 15th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 56.19902024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 63.2825
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