The 2nd federal electoral district of Nuevo León () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 14 such districts in the state of Nuevo León.
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 second region.
The current member for the district, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
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, Nuevo León's congressional seat allocation rose from 12 to 14. The second district is in the north-eastern part of the Monterrey metropolitan area and covers 205 electoral precincts () in the north of the municipality of Apodaca.
The district's head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Apodaca. The district reported a population of 448,173 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Nuevo León 7 11 11 12 12 14 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the district covered 218 precincts in the municipality of Apodaca.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 districting plan, the district covered the municipality of Apodaca in its entirety (88 precincts). The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
1996–2005 From 1996 to 2005, the district's head town was at Apodaca but it covered a larger area in the north-east of the state, comprising 26 municipalities: Abasolo, Agualeguas, Los Aldamas, Apodaca, Cadereyta Jiménez, El Carmen, Cerralvo, Ciénega de Flores, China, Doctor Coss, Doctor González, General Bravo, General Treviño, General Zuazua, Los Herreras, Hidalgo, Higueras, Marín, Melchor Ocampo, Parás, Pesquería, Los Ramones, Sabinas Hidalgo, Salinas Victoria, Vallecillo and Villaldama.
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 that plan, Nuevo León's seat allocation rose from 7 to 11. The 2nd district's head town was the state capital, Monterrey, and it covered a portion of that city. The link contains an exact description of the area covered.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Nuevo León's 2nd district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1979Juan Carlos Camacho Salinas1979–198251st Congress1982Juventino González Ramos1982–198552nd Congress1985Amilcar Aguilar Mendoza1985–198853rd Congress1988Luis Alberto Hinojosa Ochoa1988–199154th Congress1991José de Jesús Bazaldúa González1991–199455th Congress1994Fidel Pérez García1994–199756th Congress1997Lombardo Victoriano Guajardo Guajardo1997–200057th Congress2000Arturo Bonifacio de la Garza Tijerina2000–200358th Congress2003Humberto Cervantes Vega2003–200659th Congress2006Rodrigo Medina de la CruzJorge Luis de la Garza Treviño2006–20072007–200960th Congress2009Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal2009–201261st Congress2012Benito Caballero Garza2012–201562nd Congress2015Juan Manuel Cavazos Balderas2015–201863rd Congress2018María Guillermina Alvarado Moreno 2018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress20242024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Nuevo León's 2nd district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 39.57502024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 47.3757
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