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2nd federal electoral district of Puebla

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The 2nd federal electoral district of Puebla (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 02 de 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.[1]

MemberFátima Cruz Peláez
StatePuebla
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Puebla's 2nd
Electoral district of the
Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
  2nd district since 2023
Incumbent
MemberFátima Cruz Peláez
Party▌Ecologist Green Party
Congress66th (2024–2027)
District
StatePuebla
Head townCuautilulco Barrio, Zacatlán
Coordinates19°56′N 97°57′W
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PR regionFourth
Precincts192
Population396,558 (2020 census)
IndigenousYes (59%)
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Puebla's districts in 2017–2022

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.[2][3]

The current member for the district, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is Fátima Almendra Cruz Peláez of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).[4][5]

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.[6] The 2nd district is in Puebla's Sierra Norte region and covers 192 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across 27 of the state's municipalities:[7][8]

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the Cuautilulco neighbourhood of the city of Zacatlán. The district reported a population of 396,558 in the 2020 Census and, with Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 59% of that total, it is classified by the INE as an indigenous district.[1][a]

Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers
197419781996200520172023
Puebla 101415161516
Chamber of Deputies 196300
Sources:[1][9][10][11]

2017–2022

From 2017 to 2022, when Puebla was assigned 15 congressional seats, the 1st district's head town was in Zacatlán's Cuautilulco neighbourhood and it covered 29 municipalities.[12][11]

2005–2017

Under the 2005 plan, the district was one of 16 in Puebla. Its head town was at Zacatlán and it covered 16 municipalities.[13][14]

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, Puebla had 15 districts. The 2nd covered 29 municipalities, with its head town at Zacatlán.[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, Puebla's seat allocation rose from 10 to 14.[9] The district's head town was the state capital, Puebla, and it covered parts of the city and of its surrounding municipality.[16]

Deputies returned to Congress

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Puebla's 2nd district
ElectionDeputyPartyTermLegislature
1916 [es] Rafael Cañete[17][18] 1916–1917 Constituent Congress
of Querétaro
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1973 Alejandro Cañedo Benítez[19] 1973–1976 49th Congress [es]
1976 Jorge Efrén Domínguez Ramírez[20] 1976–1979 50th Congress
1979 Victoriano Valentín Álvarez García[21] 1979–1982 51st Congress
1982 Guillermo Pacheco Pulido[22] 1982–1985 52nd Congress
1985 Amado Llaguno Mayaudón[23] 1985–1988 53rd Congress
1988 Carlos Enrique Grajales Salas[24] 1988–1991 54th Congress
1991 Rafael Cañedo Benítez[25] 1991–1994 55th Congress
1994 María Lucero Saldaña Pérez[26] 1994–1997 56th Congress
1997 Miguel Ángel Quiroz Pérez [es][27] 1997–2000 57th Congress
2000 Cutberto Cantorán Espinosa[28] 2000–2003 58th Congress
2003 José Guillermo Aréchiga Santamaría[29] 2003–2006 59th Congress
2006 María Esther Jiménez Ramos[30] 2006–2009 60th Congress
2009 Juan Carlos Lastiri Quirós[31] 2009–2012 61st Congress
2012 José Luis Márquez Martínez[32] 2012–2015 62nd Congress
2015 José Lorenzo Rivera Sosa[33][b]
Leobardo Soto Enríquez[34]
2015–2018 63rd Congress
2018[35] Maiella Gómez Maldonado [es][36][c] 2018–2021 64th Congress
2021[37] Fátima Almendra Cruz Peláez[38] 2021–2024 65th Congress
2024[4] Fátima Almendra Cruz Peláez[5] 2024–2027 66th Congress
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Presidential elections

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Puebla's 2nd district
ElectionDistrict won byParty or coalition%
2018[39] Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Juntos Haremos Historia
38.7558
2024[40] Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
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63.0309
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Notes

  1. Total inhabitants, not voters. The INE deems any local or federal electoral district where Indigenous or Afrodescendent inhabitants number 40% or more of the population to be an indigenous district.[1]
  2. Rivera Sosa resigned his seat on 20 February 2018 and was replaced for the remainder of his term by his alternate, Soto Enríquez.
  3. Originally elected for the Citizens' Movement, Gómez Maldonado sat as an independent after 9 February 2021.

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