The 26th federal electoral district of the State of Mexico () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 40 such districts in the State of Mexico.
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 26th district was created by the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under that plan, the State of Mexico's seat allocation rose from 15 to 34. The new districts were first contended in the 1979 mid-term election.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Luis Enrique Miranda Barrera of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).
District territory Under the 2023 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the 26th district covers 135 electoral precincts () across the northern portion of one of the state's 125 municipalities: Toluca
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Toluca de Lerdo. In the 2020 census, the district reported a total population of 451,011.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 State of Mexico15 34 36 40 41 40 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
Under the previous districting plans enacted by the INE and its predecessors, the 26th district was situated as follows:
2017–2022 The northern part of the municipality of Toluca. The head town was at Toluca de Lerdo.
2005–2017 The north and east of the municipality of Toluca. The head town was at Toluca de Lerdo.
1996–2005 The northern part of the municipality of Toluca. The head town was at Toluca de Lerdo. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
1978–1996 A portion of the municipality of Nezahualcóyotl.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ State of Mexico's 26th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1979Elba Esther Gordillo Morales1979–198251st Congress1982Leonardo González Valera1982–198552nd Congress1985Dionisio Moreno Cortés1985–198853rd Congress1988Maurilio Hernández González1988–199154th Congress1991Luis Pérez Díaz1991–199455th Congress1994Luis Alberto Contreras Salazar1994–199756th Congress1997Alberto Curi Naime1997–200057th Congress2000María Elena Chávez Palacios2000–200358th Congress2003Juan Carlos Núñez Armas2003–200659th Congress2006Armando Enríquez Flores2006–200960th Congress2009Héctor Hernández Silva2009–201261st Congress2012Fernando Zamora Morales2012–201562nd Congress2015Laura Mitzi Barrientos Cano2015–201863rd Congress2018Esmeralda de los Ángeles Moreno Medina2018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress2024Luis Enrique Miranda Barrera2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + State of Mexico's 26th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 48.70662024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 56.3712
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