# 7th federal electoral district of Michoacán

The 7th federal electoral district of Michoacán (Distrito electoral federal 07 de Michoacán) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of eleven such districts in the state of Michoacán.
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 fifth region.

## District territory

Michoacán lost its 12th district in the National Electoral Institute's 2022 redistricting process. Under the new districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the 7th district covers 17 municipalities in the north of the state:
* Angamacutiro, Coeneo, Charapan, Cherán, Chilchota, Chucándiro, Huaniqueo, Jiménez, José Sixto Verduzco, Morelos, Nahuatzen, Panindícuaro, Paracho, Puruándiro, Quiroga, Tangancícuaro and Zacapu.
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Zacapu.
With Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 42% of the population, Michoacán's seventh is classified by the National Electoral Institute (INE) as an indigenous district: the only one in the state.

## Previous districting schemes
### 2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022, the district's head town was at Zacapu and it comprised 13 municipalities: Coeneo, Charapan, Cherán, Chilchota, Erongarícuaro, Jacona, Nahuatzen, Paracho, Purépero, Quiroga, Tangancícuaro, Tlazazalca and Zacapu.

### 2005–2017

Under the 2005 districting plan, Michoacán lost its 13th district. The 7th district's head town was at Zacapu and it covered 12 municipalities in that region of the state: Coeneo, Charapan, Cherán, Chilchota, Erongarícuaro, Los Reyes, Nahuatzen, Paracho, Purépero, Quiroga, Tangancícuaro and Zacapu.

### 1996–2005

Under the 1996 districting plan, the district's head town was at Zacapu and it covered 12 municipalities: Cherán, Coeneo, Erongarícuaro, Huaniqueo, Huiramba, Jiménez, Lagunillas, Nahuatzen, Pátzcuaro, Quiroga, Tzintzuntzan and Zacapu.

### 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 the reforms, Michoacán's allocation rose from 9 to 13. The 7th district's head town was at Tacámbaro in the central region of the state and it was composed of 11 municipalities: Ario, Carácuaro, Churumuco, Huetamo, Madero, Nocupétaro, San Lucas, Tacámbaro, Tiquicheo, Tumbiscatío and Turicato.

## Deputies returned to Congress

Seventh federal electoral district of Michoacán :
| Election | Deputy | Term | Legislature |
| 1916 [es] | Salvador Alcaraz Romero | 1916–1917 | Constituent Congress of Querétaro |
| 1979 | Raúl Pineda Pineda | 1979–1982 | 51st Congress |
| 1982 | Cristóbal Arias Solís | 1982–1985 | 52nd Congress |
| 1985 | José Ascensión Bustos Velasco | 1985–1988 | 53rd Congress |
| 1988 | Huber González Jarillo | 1988–1991 | 54th Congress |
| 1991 | Hernán Virgilio Pineda Arellano | 1991–1994 | 55th Congress |
| 1994 | Emilio Solórzano Solís | 1994–1997 | 56th Congress |
| 1997 | Gonzalo Augusto de la Cruz | 1997–2000 | 57th Congress |
| 2000 | Rafael Servín Maldonado | 2000–2003 | 58th Congress |
| 2003 | Abdallán Guzmán Cruz | 2003–2006 | 59th Congress |
| 2006 | Humberto Alonso Razo | 2006–2009 | 60th Congress |
| 2009 | Martín García Avilés | 2009–2012 | 61st Congress |
| 2012 | José Luis Esquivel Zalpa | 2012–2015 | 62nd Congress |
| 2015 | José Guadalupe Hernández Alcalá | 2015–2018 | 63rd Congress |
| 2018 | Gonzalo Herrera Pérez | 2018–2021 | 64th Congress |
| 2021 | Adriana Campos Huirache [es] | 2021–2024 | 65th Congress |
| 2024 | Marcela Velázquez Vázquez | 2024–2027 | 66th Congress |