1st federal electoral district of Veracruz

The 1st federal electoral district of Veracruz (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 01 de Veracruz) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 19 such districts in the state of Veracruz.

Veracruz's 1st
Electoral district of the
Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
  1st district since 2023
Incumbent
MemberDenisse Guzmán González
PartyEcologist Green Party
Congress66th (2024–2027)
District
StateVeracruz
Head townPánuco
Coordinates22°03′N 98°11′W / 22.050°N 98.183°W / 22.050; -98.183
Covers
15 municipalities
  • Chalma, Chiconamel, Chontla, Citlaltépetl, El Higo, Ixcatepec, Ozuluama, Platón Sánchez, Pueblo Viejo, Pánuco, Tamalín, Tampico Alto, Tantima, Tantoyuca, Tempoal
PR regionThird
Precincts355
Population441,087 (2020 Census)
IndigenousYes (40%)

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 third region.

The current member for the district is Denisse Guzmán González of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM). She replaced María del Carmen Pinete Vargas, who was elected in the 2024 general election but died in office on 1 April 2025.

District territory

Veracruz lost a congressional district in the 2023 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 elections. The reconfigured 1st district covers 355 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across 15 municipalities in the Huasteca Alta region in the extreme north of the state:

  • Chalma, Chiconamel, Chontla, Citlaltépetl, El Higo, Ixcatepec, Ozuluama, Platón Sánchez, Pueblo Viejo, Pánuco, Tamalín, Tampico Alto, Tantima, Tantoyuca and Tempoal.

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Pánuco. The district reported a population of 441,087 in the 2020 Census and, with Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 40% 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
Veracruz 15 23 23 21 20 19
Chamber of Deputies 196 300
Sources:

Because of shifting demographics, Veracruz currently has four fewer districts than the 23 the state was allocated under the 1977 electoral reforms.

2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022, Veracruz was assigned 20 electoral districts. The 1st district comprised 13 municipalities in the same part of the state:
  • Chinampa de Gorostiza, Citlaltépetl, El Higo, Naranjos Amatlán, Ozuluama, Pánuco, Pueblo Viejo, Tamalín, Tamiahua, Tampico Alto, Tancoco, Tantima, and Tempoal.
The head town was at Pánuco.

2005–2017

Veracruz's allocation of congressional seats fell to 21 in the 2005 redistricting process. Between 2005 and 2017 the district had its head town at Pánuco and it covered 11 municipalities:
  • Naranjos Amatlán, Chinampa de Gorostiza, Ozuluama, Pánuco, Pueblo Viejo, Tamalín, Tampico Alto, Tancoco, Tantima, Tempoal, and El Higo.

1996–2005

Under the 1996 districting plan, which allocated Veracruz 23 districts, the head town was at Pánuco and the district covered nine municipalities.

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, Veracruz's seat allocation rose from 15 to 23. The 1st district had its head town at Tantoyuca in the Huasteca Alta and it covered the municipalities of Amatlán, Tuxpan, Citlaltépetl, Chalma, Chiconamel, Chinampa, Chontla, Ixcatepec, Platón Sánchez, Tamalín, Tantima and Tantoyuca.

Deputies returned to Congress

National parties
Current
PAN
PRI
PT
PVEM
MC
Morena
Defunct or local only
PLM
PNR
PRM
PNM
PP
PPS
PARM
PFCRN
Convergencia
PANAL
PSD
PES
PES
PRD
Veracruz's 1st district
Election Deputy Party Term Legislature
1916 (es) None 1916–1917 Constituent Congress
of Querétaro
...
1976 Guilebaldo Flores Fuentes 1976–1979 50th Congress
1979 Gustavo Gámez Pérez 1979–1982 51st Congress
1982 Antonio Murrieta Necoechea 1982–1985 52nd Congress
1985 Guilebaldo Flores del Ángel 1985–1988 53rd Congress
1988 Carlos Herrera Rodríguez 1988–1991 54th Congress
1991 Gustavo Gámez Pérez 1991–1994 55th Congress
1994 Joaquín Juárez del Ángel 1994–1997 56th Congress
1997 Fortunato Guzmán Rivera 1997–2000 57th Congress
2000 Guillermo Díaz Gea 2000–2003 58th Congress
2003 Rocío Guzmán de Paz 2003–2006 59th Congress
2006 Pedro Pulido Pecero 2006–2009 60th Congress
2009 Patricio Chirinos del Ángel 2009–2012 61st Congress
2012 Zita Pazzi Maza 2012–2015 62nd Congress
2015 Sofia del Sagrario de León Maza 2015–2018 63rd Congress
2018 Ricardo García Escalante 2018–2021 64th Congress
2021 Armando Antonio Gómez Betancourt 2021–2024 65th Congress
2024 María del Carmen Pinete Vargas
Denisse Guzmán González
2024–2025
2025–2027
66th Congress

Presidential elections

Veracruz's 1st district
Election District won by Party or coalition %
2018 Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Juntos Haremos Historia
48.8847
2024 Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
Sigamos Haciendo Historia
64.3159

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