# 26th federal electoral district of the State of Mexico

The 26th federal electoral district of the State of Mexico (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 26 del Estado de México) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 40 such districts in the State of Mexico.
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.
The 26th district was created by the 1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under that plan, the State of Mexico's seat allocation rose from 15 to 34. The new districts were first contended in the 1979 mid-term election.

## 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 26th district covers the northern portion of one of the state's 125 municipalities:
* Toluca
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Toluca de Lerdo. In the 2020 Census, the district reported a total population of 451,011.

## Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers :
| | 1972 | 1978 | 1996 | 2005 | 2017 | 2022 |
| State of Mexico | 15 | 34 | 36 | 40 | 41 | 40 |
| Chamber of Deputies | 196 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 |
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Under the previous districting plans enacted by the INE and its predecessors, the 26th district was situated as follows:

### 2017–2022

    The northern part of the municipality of Toluca. The head town was at Toluca de Lerdo.

### 2005–2017

    The north and east of the municipality of Toluca. The head town was at Toluca de Lerdo.

### 1996–2005

    The northern part of the municipality of Toluca. The head town was at Toluca de Lerdo.

### 1978–1996

    A portion of the municipality of Nezahualcóyotl.

## Deputies returned to Congress

Twenty-sixth federal electoral district of the State of Mexico :
| Election | Deputy | Term | Legislature |
| 1979 | Elba Esther Gordillo Morales | 1979–1982 | 51st Congress |
| 1982 | Leonardo González Valera | 1982–1985 | 52nd Congress |
| 1985 | Dionisio Moreno Cortés | 1985–1988 | 53rd Congress |
| 1988 | Maurilio Hernández González | 1988–1991 | 54th Congress |
| 1991 | Luis Pérez Díaz | 1991–1994 | 55th Congress |
| 1994 | Luis Alberto Contreras Salazar | 1994–1997 | 56th Congress |
| 1997 | Alberto Curi Naime | 1997–2000 | 57th Congress |
| 2000 | n/d María Elena Chávez Palacios | 2000–2003 2003 | 58th Congress |
| 2003 | Juan Carlos Núñez Armas | 2003–2006 | 59th Congress |
| 2006 | Armando Enríquez Flores | 2006–2009 | 60th Congress |
| 2009 | Héctor Hernández Silva | 2009–2012 | 61st Congress |
| 2012 | Fernando Zamora Morales | 2012–2015 | 62nd Congress |
| 2015 | Laura Mitzi Barrientos Cano | 2015–2018 | 63rd Congress |
| 2018 | Esmeralda de los Ángeles Moreno Medina | 2018–2021 | 64th Congress |
| 2021 | Melissa Estefanía Vargas Camacho [es] | 2021–2024 | 65th Congress |
| 2024 | Luis Enrique Miranda Barrera | 2024–2027 | 66th Congress |