The 37th 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 37th to 40th districts were created by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) in its 2005 redistricting process and were first contested in the 2006 general election.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Pedro Mario Zenteno Santaella of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
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 37th district is located in the centre-north of the state and covers 152 electoral precincts () across five of its 125 municipalities: Coyotepec, Huehuetoca, Teoloyucan, Tepotzotlán and Villa del Carbón.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Teoloyucan. In the 2020 census, the district reported a total population of 435,225.
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 37th district was situated as follows:
2017–2022 The municipalities of Coyotepec, Cuautitlán, Melchor Ocampo, Teoloyucan and Tepotzotlán. The head town was at Cuautitlán.
2005–2017 The municipalities of Jaltenco, Melchor Ocampo, Nextlalpan, Tonanitla, the northern exclave of Tultitlán, a few neighbourhoods in the extreme north of Ecatepec and the eastern third of Cuautitlán. The head town was at Cuautitlán. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ State of Mexico's 37th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature2006Francisco Javier Santos Arreola2006–200960th Congress2009Israel Reyes Ledesma Magaña2009–201261st Congress2012Francisco Javier Fernández Clamont2012–201562nd Congress2015Gabriel Casillas ZanattaJosé Luis Cardozo Estévez2015–20172017–201863rd Congress2018Pedro Mario Zenteno SantaellaEdgar Eduardo Arenas Madrigal 20182018–202164th Congress2021Javier Huerta Jurado 2021–202465th Congress2024Pedro Mario Zenteno Santaella 2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + State of Mexico's 37th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 59.28902024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 68.4344
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