The 6th federal electoral district of Michoacán () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 11 such districts in the state of Michoacán.
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 fifth region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is José Luis Téllez Marín of the Labour Party (PT).
District territory Michoacán lost its 12th district in the 2023 districting process carried out by the National Electoral Institute (INE). Under the new districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the 6th district covers 265 precincts () across 13 municipalities in the north-east of the state: Álvaro Obregón, Copándaro, Cuitzeo, Charo, Hidalgo, Huandacareo, Indaparapeo, Irimbo, Queréndaro, Santa Ana Maya, Tarímbaro, Tzitzio and Zinapécuaro.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Ciudad Hidalgo. The district reported a population of 457,521 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Michoacán 9 13 13 12 12 11 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the district's head town was at Ciudad Hidalgo and it comprised nine municipalities: Aporo, Contepec, Epitacio Huerta, Hidalgo, Irimbo, Maravatío, Queréndaro, Senguio and Tlalpujahua.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 districting plan, Michoacán lost its 13th district. The 6th district's head town was at Ciudad Hidalgo and it covered a slightly different set of nine municipalities: The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. Contepec, Epitacio Huerta, Hidalgo, Irimbo, Maravatío, Queréndaro, Senguio, Tlalpujahua and Zinapécuaro.
1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, the district's head town was at Ciudad Hidalgo and it comprised eight municipalities: Charo, Hidalgo, Indaparapeo, Irimbo, Maravatío, Queréndaro, Tzitzio and Zinapécuaro.
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 the reforms, Michoacán's allocation rose from 9 to 13. The 6th district's head town was at Uruapan in the centre-west of the state and it was composed of seven municipalities: Gabriel Zamora, Nuevo Parangaricutiro, Nuevo Urecho, Taretan, Tingambato, Uruapan and Ziracuaretiro.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Michoacán's 6th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureOnésimo López Couto1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1979Rafael Ruiz Béjar1979–198251st Congress1982Rubén Vargas Martínez1982–198552nd Congress1985Rafael Ruiz Béjar1985–198853rd Congress1988Kuri Francisco Pérez Fernández1988–199154th Congress1991Anacleto Mendoza Maldonado1991–199455th Congress1994Agustín Martínez Maldonado1994–199756th Congress1997María de los Ángeles Gaytán Contreras1997–200057th Congress2000Mario Cruz Andrade2000–200358th Congress2003Margarito Fierros Tano2003–200659th Congress2006Raúl Ríos Gamboa2006–200960th Congress2009Emiliano Velázquez Esquivel2009–201261st Congress2012Luis Olvera Correa2012–201562nd Congress2015Norberto Antonio Martínez Soto2015–201863rd Congress2018Anita Sánchez Castro2018–202164th Congress2021Berenice Juárez Navarrete2021–202465th Congress2024José Luis Téllez Marín 2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Michoacán's 6th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 45.82652024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 51.4006
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