3rd federal electoral district of Puebla

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.^[7] The 3rd district is in the Sierra Norte region in the extreme north of the state and covers 199 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across 17 of the state's municipalities:^[8][9]

• Acateno, Atempan, Ayotoxco de Guerrero, Cuetzalan del Progreso, Hueyapan, Hueytamalco, Jonotla, Nauzontla, Tenampulco, Teteles de Ávila Castillo, Teziutlán, Tlatlauquitepec, Tuzamapan de Galeana, Yaonahuac, Zacapoaxtla, Zaragoza and Zoquiapan.

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Teziutlán. The district reported a population of 406,801 in the 2020 Census and, with Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 57% of that total, it is classified by the INE as an indigenous district.^[1][a]

2017–2022

From 2017 to 2022, when Puebla was assigned 15 congressional seats, the district's head town was at Teziutlán and it covered 14 municipalities.^[13][12]

2005–2017

Under the 2005 plan, the district was one of 16 in Puebla. Its head town was at Teziutlán and it covered 14 municipalities.^[14][15]

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, Puebla had 15 districts. The 3rd covered 16 municipalities, with its head town at Teziutlán.^[16][15]

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.^[10] The district's head town was at San Pedro Cholula and it covered 13 municipalities.^[17]