The 6th 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, re-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 6th district covers 145 electoral precincts () in the municipality of Puebla.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Puebla. The district reported a population of 420,886 in the 2020 census.
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 district's head town was the state capital and it covered 127 sections in the municipality.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, the district was one of 16 in Puebla. Its head town was the city of Puebla and it covered 166 sections in the municipality.. The link contains maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
1996–2005 Between 1996 and 2005, Puebla had 15 districts. The 6th covered 166 sections in the municipality of Puebla, with the state capital serving as its head town.
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 6th district's head town was at Tehuacán and it covered 14 municipalities in the east of the state. The link contains a list of the municipalities covered.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Puebla's 6th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureFroilán C. Manjarrez1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1979Amador Hernández González1979–198251st Congress1982Wulfrano Ascensión Bravo1982–198552nd Congress1985Miguel Romero Sánchez1985–198853rd Congress1988Willebaldo García de la Cadena Romero1988–199154th Congress1991Marco Antonio Haddad Yunes1991–199455th Congress1994Édgar Román Benítez Gálvez1994–199756th Congress1997Omar Álvarez Arronte1997–200057th Congress2000Erika Elizabeth Spezia Maldonado2000–200358th Congress2003José Roberto Ruiz Esparza Oruña 2003–200659th Congress2006Arturo Flores Grande2006–200960th Congress2009Francisco Ramos Montaño2009–201261st Congress2012José Enrique Doger Guerrero2012–201562nd Congress20152015–201863rd Congress20182018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress20242024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Puebla's 6th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 65.71722024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 64.7311
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