# 15th federal electoral district of the State of Mexico

The 15th federal electoral district of the State of Mexico (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 15 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.

## 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 15th district is located in the Greater Mexico City urban area, covering 144 precincts (secciones electorales) in one of the state's 125 municipalities:
* Atizapán de Zaragoza
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is Ciudad López Mateos, the municipal seat. In the 2020 Census, the district reported a total population of 450,999.

## 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 15th district was situated as follows:

### 2017–2022

    The western and central parts of Atizapán de Zaragoza (the remainder belonged to the 14th district).

### 2005–2017

    The south-east of Atizapán de Zaragoza and the north-west of Tlalnepantla. The head town was at Tlalnepantla.

### 1996–2005

    The centre and north-west of Tlalnepantla.

### 1978–1996

    The municipalities of Amecameca, Atlautla, Ayapango, Cocotitlán, Chalco, Chicoloapan, Ecatzingo, Ixtapaluca, Juchitepec, Ozumba, Temamatla, Tenango del Aire, Tepetlixpa and Tlalmanalco, with its head town at Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias.

## Deputies returned to Congress

Fifteenth federal electoral district of the State of Mexico :
| Election | Deputy | Term | Legislature |
| 1979 | Graciela Santana Benhumea [es] | 1979–1982 | 51st Congress |
| 1982 | Gildardo Herrera Gómez Tagle | 1982–1985 | 52nd Congress |
| 1985 | Héctor Ximénez González [es] | 1985–1988 | 53rd Congress |
| 1988 | Martha Patricia Rivera Pérez | 1988–1991 | 54th Congress |
| 1991 | Felipe Medina Santos | 1991–1994 | 55th Congress |
| 1994 | Francisco Maldonado Ruiz | 1994–1997 | 56th Congress |
| 1997 | Rubén Mendoza Ayala | 1997–2000 | 57th Congress |
| 2000 | Ulises Ramírez Núñez | 2000–2003 | 58th Congress |
| 2003 | Magdalena González Furlong | 2003–2006 | 59th Congress |
| 2006 | Alejandro Landero Gutiérrez | 2006–2009 | 60th Congress |
| 2009 | Carlos Bello Otero | 2009–2012 | 61st Congress |
| 2012 | Alberto Díaz Trujillo | 2012–2015 | 62nd Congress |
| 2015 | Román Francisco Cortés Lugo | 2015–2018 | 63rd Congress |
| 2018 | Raúl Ernesto Sánchez Barrales Zavalza | 2018–2021 | 64th Congress |
| 2021 | Carlos Madrazo Limón | 2021–2024 | 65th Congress |
| 2024 | Josefina Anaya Martínez | 2024–2027 | 66th Congress |