21st federal electoral district of Veracruz

The 21st federal electoral district of Veracruz () is a defunct federal electoral district of the Mexican state of Veracruz.

During its existence, the 21st district returned one deputy to the Chamber of Deputies for each of the 51st to 63rd 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 2015 mid-terms. It was dissolved by the National Electoral Institute (INE) in its 2017 redistricting process process because the state's population no longer warranted 21 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:

2005–2017 In its final form, the 21st district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations were gathered together and tallied, was the city of Cosoleacaque. It covered 11 municipalities in the state's southernmost Olmeca region: The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 districting plans. Cosoleacaque, Chinameca, Hueyapan de Ocampo, Jáltipan, Mecayapan, Oluta, Oteapan, Pajapan, Soconusco, Soteapan, Texistepec, Tatahuicapan de Juárez and Zaragoza.

1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, the head town was at Cosoleacaque and the district covered 11 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 newly created 21st district had its head town at the city of Veracruz, and it covered a part of the city and the rural areas of the municipality of Veracruz.

Deputies returned to Congress

+ Veracruz's 21st district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1979Carolina Hernández Pinzón1979–198251st Congress1982Amador Toca Cangas1982–198552nd Congress1985Rafael García Anaya1985–198853rd Congress1988Américo Javier Flores Nava1988–199154th Congress1991Ramón Ferrari Pardiño1991–199455th Congress1994Fernando Flores Gómez1994–199756th Congress1997Gabriel Alfonso Andrade RosasMartha Elena Ortiz Guerrero1997–200057th Congress2000José María Guillén Torres2000–200358th Congress2003José Jesús Vázquez González2003–200659th Congress2006Juan Darío Lemarroy Martínez2006–200960th Congress2009Antonio Benítez Lucho2009–201261st Congress2012Ponciano Vázquez Parissi2012–201562nd Congress2015Cirilo Vázquez ParissiVictorino Cruz Campos 2015–201863rd Congress

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