9th 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.^[7] The reconfigured 9th district comprises 193 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across 18 municipalities surrounding the state capital, Xalapa, to the west:^[8][9]

• Acajete, Ayahualulco, Banderilla, Coacoatzintla, Coatepec, Cosautlán de Carvajal, Ixhuacán de los Reyes, Jilotepec, Las Minas, Las Vigas de Ramírez, Perote, Rafael Lucio, Tatatila, Teocelo, Tlacolulan, Tlalnelhuayocan, Villa Aldama and Xico.

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Coatepec. The district reported a population of 428,556 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.^[11]

2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022, Veracruz was assigned 20 electoral districts. The 9th district comprised 16 municipalities in the same region of the state: the same group as in the 2022 plan but without Las Minas and Villa Aldama, both of which were assigned to the 7th district. Its head town was at Coatepec.^[13][12]

2005–2017

Veracruz's allocation of congressional seats fell to 21 in the 2005 redistricting process.^[11] Between 2005 and 2017 the district had its head town at Coatepec and it covered 17 municipalities:^[14][15]

• Acajete, Altotonga, Ayahualulco, Coacoatzintla, Coatepec, Cosautlán de Carvajal, Ixhuacán de los Reyes, Las Minas, Perote, Rafael Lucio, Las Vigas de Ramírez, Tatatila, Teocelo, Tlacolulan, Tlalnelhuayocan, Villa Aldama and Xico.

1996–2005

Under the 1996 districting plan, which allocated Veracruz 23 districts, the head town was at Perote and the district covered 16 municipalities.^[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, Veracruz's seat allocation rose from 15 to 23.^[10] The 9th district had its head town at Orizaba and it covered the municipalities of Aquila, Atzacán, Huiloapan, Ixhuatlancillo, Maltrata, Mariano Escobedo, Nogales, Orizaba, La Perla, Rafael Delgado and Río Blanco.^[17]