The 6th 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 National Action Party (PAN).
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 sixth district is in the centre of the Monterrey metropolitan area and covers 272 electoral precincts () in the central-western portion of the municipality of Monterrey.
The district's head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Monterrey. The district reported a population of 375,283 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 comprised 270 precincts in the centre-west of the municipality of Monterrey, with the remainder assigned to the 5th and 10th districts.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 districting plan, the district covered the centre-west of Monterrey, with the remainder of the municipality assigned to the 5th, 7th and 10th districts. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
1996–2005 From 1996 to 2005, the district covered the centre-west of Monterrey, with the remainder of the municipality assigned to the 5th, 7th and 10th districts. The link contains an exact description of the area covered.
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 6th district had its head town at Sabinas Hidalgo in the north of the state and it comprised the municipalities of Abasolo, Agualeguas, Los Aldamas, Anáhuac, Apodaca, Bustamante, El Carmen, Cerralvo, Ciénaga de Flores, China, Doctor Coss, Doctor González, General Bravo, General Escobedo, General Treviño, General Zuazua, Los Herreras, Hidalgo, Higueras, Juárez, Lampazos de Naranjo, Marín, Melchor Ocampo, Mina, Parás, Pesquería, Los Ramones, Sabinas Hidalgo, Salinas Victoria, Vallecillo, Villaldama and Colombia..
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Nuevo León's 6th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureAgustín Garza González1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1979Luis Marcelino Farías Martínez1979–198251st Congress1982Jorge Alonso Treviño Martínez1982–198552nd Congress1985Graciano Bortoni Urteaga1985–198853rd Congress1988Napoleón Cantú Cerna1988–199154th Congress1991Arturo de la Garza Jr. GonzálezJaime de la Garza Guzmán1991–199455th Congress1994César González Quiroga1994–199756th Congress1997Julio Castrillón Valdés1997–200057th Congress2000Francisco Javier Cantú Torres2000–200358th Congress2003Mayela María de Lourdes Quiroga Tamez2003–200659th Congress2006Juan Enrique Barrios Rodríguez2006–200960th Congress2009Gregorio Hurtado Leija2009–201261st Congress2012Alberto Coronado Quintanilla2012–201562nd Congress2015José Adrián González Navarro2015–201863rd Congress20182018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress20242024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Nuevo León's 6th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Ricardo Anaya Cortés Por México al Frente44.03912024Bertha Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz Fuerza y Corazón por México 56.5158
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