The 13th federal electoral district of 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.
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.
Suspended in 1930, Puebla's 13th was re-established as part of the 1977 political reforms. The restored district returned its first deputy in the 1979 mid-term election.
The current member for the district, re-elected in the 2024 general election, is of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
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. The 13th district is in the west of Puebla and covers 167 electoral precincts () across 16 of the state's municipalities:
- Acteopan, Atlixco, Atzitzihuacán, Calpan, Cohuecán, Coronango, Huaquechula, Juan C. Bonilla, Nealtican, Santa Isabel Cholula, Tepemaxalco, Tepexco, Tianguismanalco, Tilapa, Tlapanalá and Tochimilco.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Atlixco. The district reported a population of 397,346 in the 2020 Census.
Previous districting schemes
2017âÂÂ2022
From 2017 to 2022, when Puebla was assigned 15 congressional seats, the district's head town was at Atlixco and it covered 21 municipalities in the west of the state:
*Acteopan, Atlixco, Atzala, Atzitzihuacán, Cohuecán, Chietla, Epatlán, Huaquechula, Izúcar de Matamoros, Ocoyucan, San Diego la Mesa Tochimiltzingo, San MartÃÂn Totoltepec, Santa Isabel Cholula, Tepemaxalco, Tepeojuma, Tepexco, Tianguismanalco, Tilapa, Tlapanalá, Tochimilco and Xochiltepec.
2005âÂÂ2017
Under the 2005 plan, the district was one of 16 in Puebla. Its head town was at Atlixco and it covered 31 municipalities.
1996âÂÂ2005
Between 1996 and 2005, Puebla had 15 districts. The 13th covered 39 municipalities in the south of the state, with its head town at Acatlán de Osorio.
1978âÂÂ1996
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. The 13th district's head town was at Izúcar de Matamoros and it comprised 30 municipalities.
Deputies returned to Congress
Presidential elections
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