# 6th federal electoral district of Veracruz

The 6th federal electoral district of Veracruz (Distrito electoral federal 06 de Veracruz) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 19 such districts in the state of Veracruz.
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 third region.

## District territory

Veracruz lost a congressional district in the National Electoral Institute's 2022 redistricting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 elections. The reconfigured 6th district covers 13 municipalities in the Totonaca region of the state:
* Cazones de Herrera, Chumatlán, Coahuitlán, Coatzintla, Coxquihui, Coyutla, Espinal, Filomeno Mata, Gutiérrez Zamora, Mecatlán, Papantla, Tecolutla and Zozocolco.
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Papantla de Olarte.
With Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 67% of its population, it is classified by the National Electoral Institute (INE) as an indigenous district.

## Previous districting schemes
### 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: 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. Between 2005 and 2017 the district had its head town at Papantla and it covered 11 municipalities: 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.

### 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. The 6th district had its head town at Xalapa and it covered the municipalities of Acatlán, Xalapa, Naolinco and Tepetlán.

## Deputies returned to Congress

Sixth federal electoral district of Veracruz :
| Election | Deputy | Term | Legislature |
| 1973 | José Luis Melgarejo Vivanco [es] | 1973–1976 | 49th Congress |
| 1976 | Carlos Manuel Vargas Sánchez | 1976–1979 | 50th Congress |
| 1979 | Luis Octavio Porte Petit Moreno | 1979–1982 | 51st Congress |
| 1982 | Salvador Valencia Carmona | 1982–1985 | 52nd Congress |
| 1985 | Héctor Yunes Landa | 1985–1988 | 53rd Congress |
| 1988 | Ricardo Olivares Pineda | 1988–1991 | 54th Congress |
| 1991 | Rubén Pabello Rojas | 1991–1994 | 55th Congress |
| 1994 | Ignacio González Rebolledo | 1994–1997 | 56th Congress |
| 1997 | Domingo Yorio Saqui | 1997–2000 | 57th Congress |
| 2000 | Bonifacio Castillo Cruz | 2000–2003 | 58th Congress |
| 2003 | Rómulo Salazar Macías | 2003–2006 | 59th Congress |
| 2006 | José Manuel del Río Virgen | 2006–2009 | 60th Congress |
| 2009 | Francisco Herrera Jiménez | 2009–2012 | 61st Congress |
| 2012 | Alma Jeanny Arroyo Ruiz | 2012–2015 | 62nd Congress |
| 2015 | Heidi Salazar Espinosa | 2015–2018 | 63rd Congress |
| 2018 | Jaime Humberto Pérez Bernabé | 2018–2021 | 64th Congress |
| 2021 | Jaime Humberto Pérez Bernabé | 2021–2024 | 65th Congress |
| 2024 | Jaime Humberto Pérez Bernabé | 2024–2027 | 66th Congress |