The 38th 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 Jesús Martín Cuanalo Araujo 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 38th district is located in the eastern panhandle of the state and covers 107 electoral precincts () across three of its 125 municipalities: Chiconcuac, Texcoco and Atenco.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Texcoco de Mora. In the 2020 census, the district reported a total population of 380,274.
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 38th district was situated as follows:
2017–2022 The municipalities of Atenco, Chiconcuac, Texcoco and Tezoyuca. The head town was at Texcoco de Mora.
2005–2017 The municipality of Texcoco in its entirety and a northern portion of Chimalhuacán. The head town was at Texcoco de Mora. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ State of Mexico's 38th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature2006Juan Darío Arreola Calderón2006–200960th Congress2009Manuel Cadena Morales2009–201261st Congress2012Jorge Federico de la Vega Membrillo2012–201562nd Congress2015Delfina Gómez ÁlvarezMagdalena Moreno Vega 2015–20182017, 201863rd Congress2018 2018–202164th Congress2021 2021–202465th Congress2024Jesús Martín Cuanalo Araujo2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + State of Mexico's 38th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 61.53292024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 62.0320
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