# 6th federal electoral district of Oaxaca

The 6th federal electoral district of Oaxaca (Distrito electoral federal 06 de Oaxaca) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 10 such districts in the state of Oaxaca.
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 third region.

## District territory

Under the National Electoral Institute's 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the 6th district covers 85 of the state's municipalities. The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Tlaxiaco in the Mixteca region.
With Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 79% of its population, it is classified by the National Electoral Institute (INE) as an indigenous district.

## Previous districting schemes
### 2017–2022

Oaxaca's 11th district was dissolved in the 2017 redistricting process. Under the 2017 to 2022 scheme, the 6th district had its head town at Tlaxiaco and it covered 82 municipalities.

### 2005–2017

Between 2005 and 2017, the district's head town was at Tlaxiaco and it comprised 73 municipalities.

### 1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2017, Oaxaca's seat allocation was increased to 11. Under the 1996 districting plan, the head town was moved to Tlaxiaco.

### 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, Oaxaca's seat allocation rose from nine to ten. The 6th district had its head town at Huajuapan de León in the Mixteca region.

## Deputies returned to Congress

Sixth federal electoral district of Oaxaca :
| Election | Deputy | Term | Legislature |
| 1976 | Heladio Ramírez López | 1976–1979 | 50th Congress |
| 1979 | Alicio Rafael Ordoño González | 1979–1982 | 51st Congress |
| 1982 | Jorge Luis Chávez Zárate | 1982–1985 | 52nd Congress |
| 1985 | Ricardo Hernández Casanova | 1985–1988 | 53rd Congress |
| 1988 | Eloy Argos García Aguilar | 1988–1991 | 54th Congress |
| 1991 | Rafael Sergio Vera Cervantes | 1991–1994 | 55th Congress |
| 1994 | Baruc Efraín Alavez Mendoza | 1994–1997 | 56th Congress |
| 1997 | Ulises Ernesto Ruiz Ortiz | 1997–2000 | 57th Congress |
| 2000 | Irma Piñeyro Arias | 2000–2003 | 58th Congress |
| 2003 | Heliodoro Díaz Escárraga René Ruiz Quiroz | 2003–2006 | 59th Congress |
| 2006 | Rosa Elia Romero Guzmán | 2006–2009 | 60th Congress |
| 2009 | Heliodoro Díaz Escárraga | 2009–2012 | 61st Congress |
| 2012 | Rosa Elia Romero Guzmán | 2012–2015 | 62nd Congress |
| 2015 | Sergio López Sánchez | 2015–2018 | 63rd Congress |
| 2018 | Beatriz Pérez López [es] | 2018–2021 | 64th Congress |
| 2021 | Beatriz Pérez López [es] | 2021–2024 | 65th Congress |
| 2024 | José Alejandro López Sánchez | 2024–2027 | 66th Congress |