The 13th 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.
Suspended in 1930, Puebla's 13th was re-established as part of the 1977 political reforms. The restored district returned its first deputy in the 1979 mid-term election.
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 13th district is in the west of Puebla and covers 167 electoral precincts () across 16 of the state's municipalities:
Acteopan, Atlixco, Atzitzihuacán, Calpan, Cohuecán, Coronango, Huaquechula, Juan C. Bonilla, Nealtican, Santa Isabel Cholula, Tepemaxalco, Tepexco, Tianguismanalco, Tilapa, Tlapanalá and Tochimilco.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Atlixco. The district reported a population of 397,346 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 at Atlixco and it covered 21 municipalities in the west of the state: Acteopan, Atlixco, Atzala, Atzitzihuacán, Cohuecán, Chietla, Epatlán, Huaquechula, Izúcar de Matamoros, Ocoyucan, San Diego la Mesa Tochimiltzingo, San Martín Totoltepec, Santa Isabel Cholula, Tepemaxalco, Tepeojuma, Tepexco, Tianguismanalco, Tilapa, Tlapanalá, Tochimilco and Xochiltepec.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, the district was one of 16 in Puebla. Its head town was at Atlixco and it covered 31 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 13th covered 39 municipalities in the south of the state, with its head town at Acatlán de Osorio. 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 13th district's head town was at Izúcar de Matamoros and it comprised 30 municipalities. The link contains a list of the municipalities covered.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Puebla's 13th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureFederico Dinorín1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ... The 13th district was suspended between 1930 and 19791979Rodolfo Alvarado Hernández1979–198251st Congress1982Víctor Manuel Carreto Fernández de Lara1982–198552nd Congress1985José Manuel López Arroyo1985–198853rd Congress1988Armando Roberto Moreno Nava1988–199154th Congress1991David Silenciario Montesino Marín1991–199455th Congress1994Pedro Pablo Aceves Hernández1994–199756th Congress1997Charbel Jorge Estefan Chidiac1997–200057th Congress2000Adela Cerezo Bautista2000–200358th Congress2003Francisco Alberto Jiménez MerinoLisandro Arístides Campos Córdova2003–20052005–200659th Congress2006José Guillermo Velázquez Gutiérrez2006–200960th Congress2009María Isabel Merlo Talavera2009–201261st Congress2012María del Rocío García Olmedo2012–201562nd Congress2015Juan Manuel Celis Aguirre2015–201863rd Congress20182018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress20242024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Puebla's 13th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 55.53822024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 67.4233
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