The 1st federal electoral district of Puebla () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 16 such districts in the state of Puebla.
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 fourth region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is 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, Puebla's congressional seat allocation rose from 15 to 16. The first district is in Puebla's Sierra Norte region in the extreme north of the state and covers 195 electoral precincts () across 17 of the state's municipalities: Chiconcuautla, Honey, Francisco Z. Mena, Huauchinango, Jalpan, Jopala, Juan Galindo, Naupan, Pahuatlán, Pantepec, Tlacuilotepec, Tlaola, Tlapacoya, Tlaxco, Venustiano Carranza, Xicotepec and Zihuateutla.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Huauchinango de Degollado. The district reported a population of 397,252 in the 2020 census and, with Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 57% of that total, it is classified by the INE as an indigenous district.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Puebla 10 14 15 16 15 16 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
2017–2022 From 2017 to 2022, when Puebla was assigned 15 congressional seats, the 1st district's head town was at Huauchinango and it covered 19 municipalities.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, the district was one of 16 in Puebla. Its head town was at Huauchinango and it covered 16 municipalities. The link contains a list of the municipalities covered. The link contains maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
1996–2005 Between 1996 and 2005, Puebla had 15 districts. The 1st covered 16 municipalities, with its head town at Huauchinango. The link contains a list of the municipalities 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, Puebla's seat allocation rose from 10 to 14. The district's head town was the state capital, Puebla, and it covered parts of the city and of its surrounding municipality. The link contains details of the area covered.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Puebla's 1st district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureSalvador R. Guzmán1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1940Blas Chumacero Sánchez1940–19431943Gustavo Díaz Ordaz1943–19461946Blas Chumacero Sánchez1946–19491949Blas Bocardo1949–19521952Blas Chumacero Sánchez1952–19551955Salvador Lobato Jiménez1955–195843rd Congress1958Blas Chumacero Sánchez1958–196144th Congress1961Francisco Márquez Ramos1961–196445th Congress1964Melquíades Trejo Hernández1964–196746th Congress1967Blas Chumacero Sánchez1967–197047th Congress1970Melquíades Trejo Hernández1970–197348th Congress1973Miguel Fernández del Campo Machorro1973–197649th Congress1976Nicolás Pérez Pavón1976–197950th Congress19791979–198251st Congress19821982–198552nd Congress1985Blas Chumacero Sánchez1985–198853rd Congress19881988–199154th Congress1991Raúl Pardo Villafaña1991–199455th Congress1994Héctor González Reyes1994–199756th Congress19971997–200057th Congress2000Narciso Alberto Amador Leal2000–200358th Congress2003Fidel René Meza Cabrera 2003–200659th Congress2006Narciso Alberto Amador Leal2006–200960th Congress2009Ardelio Vargas FosadoRicardo Urzúa Rivera2009–20112011–201261st Congress2012Laura Guadalupe Vargas Vargas2012–201562nd Congress2015Carlos Barragán Amador2015–201863rd Congress2018Miguel Acundo GonzálezJosé Francisco Esquitín Alonso2018–20202020–202164th Congress2021Marco Antonio Natale Gutiérrez2021–202465th Congress20242024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Puebla's 1st district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 47.25162024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 66.4814
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