15th federal electoral district of Veracruz

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.^[6] The reconfigured 15th district covers 211 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across 12 municipalities in the state's Mountains region:^[7][8]

• Alpatláhuac, Atzacan, Calcahualco, Chocamán, Coscomatepec, Huiloapan de Cuauhtémoc, Ixhuatlancillo, La Perla, Mariano Escobedo, Orizaba, Río Blanco and Tomatlán.

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Orizaba. The district reported a population of 409,230 in the 2020 Census.^[1]

Because of shifting demographics, Veracruz currently has four fewer districts than the 23 the state was allocated under the 1977 electoral reforms.^[10]

2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022, Veracruz was assigned 20 electoral districts. The 15th district comprised 10 municipalities in the same region as under the 2022 plan:^[12]

• Alpatláhuac, Atzacan, Calcahualco, Coscomatepec, Ixhuatlancillo, Ixtaczoquitlán, Mariano Escobedo, Orizaba, La Perla and Río Blanco.

The head town was the city of Orizaba.^[11]

2005–2017

Veracruz's allocation of congressional seats fell to 21 in the 2005 redistricting process.^[10] Between 2005 and 2017 the 15th district had its head town at Orizaba and it comprised 13 municipalities:^[13][14]

• Alpatlahuac, Aquila, Calcahualco, Coscomatepec, Chocamán, Ixhuatlancillo, Maltrata, Mariano Escobedo, Nogales, Orizaba, La Perla, Río Blanco and Tomatlán.

1996–2005

Under the 1996 districting plan, which allocated Veracruz 23 districts, the head town was at Orizaba and the district covered 13 municipalities.^[15][14]

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.^[9] The 15th district had its head town at Coatzacoalcos in the south of the state and it covered the municipalities of Coatzacoalcos, Ixhuatlán del Sureste and Moloacán.^[16]