The 6th federal electoral district of Tamaulipas () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of eight such districts in the state of Tamaulipas.
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 second region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
District territory
Tamaulipas lost a district in the 2023 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections. The reconfigured 6th district covers the south of the state and comprises 281 electoral precincts () across nine of the state's 43 municipalities:
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Ciudad Mante. The district reported a population of 502,617 in the 2020 Census.
Previous districting schemes
2017âÂÂ2022
Between 2017 and 2022, Tamaulipas accounted for nine single-member congressional seats. The 6th district's head town was at Ciudad Mante and it covered 18 municipalities:
*Abasolo, Aldama, Antiguo Morelos, Bustamante, Casas, Gómez Farias, González, Jaumave, Jiménez, Llera, El Mante, Miquihuana, Nuevo Morelos, Ocampo, Palmillas, Soto la Marina, Tula and Xicoténcatl.
2005âÂÂ2017
Under the 2005 plan, Tamaulipas had eight districts. This district's head town was at Ciudad Mante and it covered 17 municipalities:
*Abasolo, Antiguo Morelos, Bustamante, Casas, Gómez Farias, González, Jaumave, Jiménez, Llera, El Mante, Miquihuana, Nuevo Morelos, Ocampo, Palmillas, Soto la Marina, Tula and Xicoténcatl.
1996âÂÂ2005
In the 1996 scheme, under which Tamaulipas lost a single-member seat, the district had its head town at Ciudad Mante and it comprised nine municipalities:
*Antiguo Morelos, Gómez FarÃÂas, González, Llera, El Mante, Nuevo Morelos, Ocampo, Tula and Xicoténcatl.
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, Tamaulipas's seat allocation rose from six to nine. The 6th district's head town was at Ciudad Madero and it covered the municipalities of Altamira, Ciudad Madero and González.
Deputies returned to Congress
Presidential elections
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