The 20th federal electoral district of Veracruz () is a defunct federal electoral district of the Mexican state of Veracruz.
During its existence, the 20th district returned one deputy to the Chamber of Deputies for each of the 51st to 65th 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 2021 mid-terms. It was dissolved by the National Electoral Institute (INE) in its 2023 redistricting process because the state's population no longer warranted 20 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:
2017–2022 In its final form, the 20th district comprised 14 municipalities: Cosoleacaque, Chinameca, Hueyapan de Ocampo, Jáltipan, Mecayapan, Oluta, Oteapan, Pajapan, Soconusco, Soteapan, Texistepec, Zaragoza, Nanchital and Tatahuicapan. The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations were gathered together and tallied, was the city of Cosoleacaque.
2005–2017 Between 2005 and 2017 the 20th district's head town was the city of Acayucan. It covered 11 municipalities in the south-east of the state: The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 districting plans. Acayucan, Chacaltianguis, Isla, Juan Rodríguez Clara, Playa Vicente, San Juan Evangelista, Sayula de Alemán, José Azueta, Tuxtilla, Carlos A. Carrillo and Santiago Sochiapan.
1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, the head town was at Acayucan and the district covered nine 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 20th district had its head town at Zongolica, and it covered the municipalities of Acultzingo, Astacinga, Atlahuilco, Camerino Z. Mendoza, Coetzala, Cuichapa, Cuitláhuac, Magdalena, Mixtla de Altamirano, Naranjal, Omealca, Los Reyes, San Andrés Tenejapan, Soledad Atzompa, Tehuipango, Tequila, Texhuacán, Tezonapa, Tlaquilpa, Tlilapan, Xoxocotla, Yanga and Zongolica.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Veracruz's 20th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature 1979Gonzalo Sedas Rodríguez1979–198251st Congress1982Ramón Ojeda Mestre1982–198552nd Congress1985Pastor Murguía González1985–198853rd Congress1988Jorge Sierra Gallardo1988–199154th Congress1991Ignacia García López1991–199455th Congress1994Erasmo Delgado Guerra1994–199756th Congress1997David Dávila Domínguez1997–200057th Congress2000Jaime Mantecón Rojo2000–200358th Congress2003Regina Vázquez Saut 2003–200659th Congress2006Gregorio Barradas Miravete2006–200960th Congress2009Fabiola Vázquez SautRafael Rodríguez González2009–201261st Congress2012Regina Vázquez Saut2012–201562nd Congress2015Erick Lagos Hernández2015–201863rd Congress2018Eulalio Ríos Fararoni2018–202164th Congress2021Esteban Bautista Hernández2021–202465th Congress
Presidential elections + Veracruz's 20th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 64.0912
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