6th 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 6th district covers 250 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across 13 municipalities in the Totonaca region of the state:^[7][8]

• Cazones de Herrera, Chumatlán, Coahuitlán, Coatzintla, Coxquihui, Coyutla, Espinal, Filomeno Mata, Gutiérrez Zamora, Mecatlán, Papantla, Tecolutla and Zozocolco.

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Papantla de Olarte. The district reported a population of 416,607 in the 2020 census and, with Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 67% of that total, it is classified by the INE as an indigenous district.^[1][9][a]

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 6th district still had its head town at Papantla and it comprised 15 municipalities:^[13][12]

• Coahuitlán, Colipa, Coxquihui, Coyutla, Chumatlán, Espinal, Filomeno Mata, Gutiérrez Zamora, Mecatlán, Nautla, Papantla, San Rafael, Tecolutla, Vega de Alatorre and Zozocolco.

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 Papantla and it covered 11 municipalities:^[14][15]

• Coahuitlán, Coxquihui, Coyutla, Chumatlán, Espinal, Filomeno Mata, Gutiérrez Zamora, Mecatlán, Papantla, Tecolutla and Zozocolco.

1996–2005

Under the 1996 districting plan, which allocated Veracruz 23 districts, the head town was at Papantla and the district covered 9 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 6th district had its head town at Xalapa and it covered the municipalities of Acatlán, Xalapa, Naolinco and Tepetlán.^[17]