The 23rd federal electoral district of Veracruz () is a defunct federal electoral district of the Mexican state of Veracruz.
During its existence, the 23rd district returned one deputy to the Chamber of Deputies for each of the 51st to 59th sessions of Congress. Votes cast in the district also counted towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the country's electoral regions.
Created as part of the 1977 political reforms, it was first contested in the 1979 mid-term election and it elected its last deputy in the 2003 mid-terms. Along with the 22nd district, it was dissolved by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) in its 2005 redistricting process because the state's population no longer warranted 23 districts.
District territory + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Veracruz 15 23 23 21 20 19 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
1996–2005 In its final form, the head town (), where results from individual polling stations were gathered together and tallied, was at the city of Minatitlán in the south of the state and the district covered four municipalities: The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 districting plans. Las Choapas, Ixhuatlán del Sureste, Minatitlán and Moloacán.
1978–1996 The districting scheme in force from 1978 to 1996 was the result of the 1977 electoral reforms. Under that scheme, the district was located slightly to the west. Its head town was at Jáltipan and it covered the municipalities of Cosoleacaque, Chinameca, Hidalgotitlán, Jáltipan de Morelos, Jesús Carranza, Oluta, Oteapan, Pajapan, San Juan Evangelista, Sayula de Alemán, Soconusco, Texistepec and Zaragoza.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Veracruz's 23rd district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1979Enrique Carrión Solana1979–198251st Congress1982Manuel Solares Mendiola1982–198552nd Congress1985Oscar Aguirre López1985–198853rd Congress1988Rosa Elena Guízar Villa1988–199154th Congress1991Luis Alberto Beauregard1991–199455th Congress1994Gladys Merlín Castro1994–199756th Congress1997José Luis Pavón Vinales1997–200057th Congress2000Roque Joaquín Gracia Sánchez2000–200358th Congress2003Pablo Pavón Vinales2003–200659th Congress
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