The 7th 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 Marcela Velázquez Vázquez of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
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 7th district covers 319 precincts () across 17 municipalities in the north of the state: Angamacutiro, Coeneo, Charapan, Cherán, Chilchota, Chucándiro, Huaniqueo, Jiménez, José Sixto Verduzco, Morelos, Nahuatzen, Panindícuaro, Paracho, Puruándiro, Quiroga, Tangancícuaro and Zacapu.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Zacapu. The district reported a population of 466,382 in the 2020 census; with Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 42% of that total, Michoacán's 7th is classified by the National Electoral Institute as an indigenous district: the only one in the state.
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 Zacapu and it comprised 13 municipalities: Coeneo, Charapan, Cherán, Chilchota, Erongarícuaro, Jacona, Nahuatzen, Paracho, Purépero, Quiroga, Tangancícuaro, Tlazazalca and Zacapu.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 districting plan, Michoacán lost its 13th district. The 7th district's head town was at Zacapu and it covered 12 municipalities in that region of the state: The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. Coeneo, Charapan, Cherán, Chilchota, Erongarícuaro, Los Reyes, Nahuatzen, Paracho, Purépero, Quiroga, Tangancícuaro and Zacapu.
1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, the district's head town was at Zacapu and it covered 12 municipalities: Cherán, Coeneo, Erongarícuaro, Huaniqueo, Huiramba, Jiménez, Lagunillas, Nahuatzen, Pátzcuaro, Quiroga, Tzintzuntzan and Zacapu.
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 7th district's head town was at Tacámbaro in the central region of the state and it was composed of 11 municipalities: Ario, Carácuaro, Churumuco, Huetamo, Madero, Nocupétaro, San Lucas, Tacámbaro, Tiquicheo, Tumbiscatío and Turicato.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Michoacán 7th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureSalvador Alcaraz Romero1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1979Raúl Pineda Pineda1979–198251st Congress1982Cristóbal Arias Solís1982–198552nd Congress1985José Ascensión Bustos Velasco1985–198853rd Congress1988Huber González Jarillo1988–199154th Congress1991Hernán Virgilio Pineda Arellano1991–199455th Congress1994Emilio Solórzano Solís1994–199756th Congress1997Gonzalo Augusto de la Cruz1997–200057th Congress2000Rafael Servín Maldonado2000–200358th Congress2003Abdallán Guzmán Cruz2003–200659th Congress2006Humberto Alonso Razo2006–200960th Congress2009Martín García Avilés2009–201261st Congress2012José Luis Esquivel Zalpa2012–201562nd Congress2015José Guadalupe Hernández Alcalá2015–201863rd Congress2018Gonzalo Herrera Pérez 2018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress2024Marcela Velázquez Vázquez2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Michoacán's 7th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 49.17102024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 60.0876
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