The 40th 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 Azucena Huerta Romero 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 40th district is located to the north and west of Toluca and covers 133 electoral precincts () across four of the state's 125 municipalities: Almoloya de Juárez, Otzolotepec, Temoaya and Zinacantepec.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of San Miguel Zinacantepec. In the 2020 census, the district reported a total population of 480,968.
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 40th district was situated as follows:
2017–2022 The municipalities of Almoloya de Juárez, Temoaya and Zinacantepec. The head town was at San Miguel Zinacantepec.
2005–2017 The municipalities of Ixtapan de la Sal, Rayón, Tenango del Valle, Tonatico, Villa Guerrero, Zinacantepec and Zumpahuacán. The head town was at San Miguel Zinacantepec. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ State of Mexico's 40th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature2006Juan Victoria Alva2006–200960th Congress2009Ignacio Rubí Salazar2009–201261st Congress2012Gerardo Xavier Hernández Tapia2012–201562nd Congress2015Olga María Esquivel HernándezIdania Itzel García Salgado2015–2018201863rd Congress2018Marco Antonio Reyes Colín 2018–202164th Congress2021Javier González Zepeda2021–202465th Congress2024Azucena Huerta Romero2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + State of Mexico's 40th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 49.85572024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 54.9301
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