5th federal electoral district of Hidalgo
federal electoral district of Mexico
The 5th federal electoral district of Hidalgo (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 05 de Hidalgo) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of seven such districts in the state of Hidalgo.
It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative period 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 electoral region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Astrit Viridiana Cornejo Gómez 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, the district covers 214 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across ten municipalities in the south-western portion of Hidalgo, adjacent to the states of Mexico and Querétaro:
Atitalaquia, Atotonilco de Tula, Chapantongo, Huichapan, Nopala de Villagrán, Tepeji del Río de Ocampo, Tepetitlán, Tezontepec de Aldama, Tlaxcoapan and Tula de Allende.
Its head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the El Llano neighbourhood of the city of Tula de Allende. The district reported a population of 470,382 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting plans
2017–2022
Between 2017 and 2022, the district comprised the same 10 municipalities as in the 2023 plan.
2005–2017
Under the 2005 scheme, the district covered the same 10 municipalities.
1996–2005
The 1996 redistricting process created Hidalgo's 7th district.
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