Sixth federal electoral district of Yucatán

The sixth federal electoral district of Yucatán (Distrito electoral federal 06 de Yucatán) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of six such districts in the state of Yucatán.

Federal electoral districts of Yucatán since 2022

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.[1][2]

Created as part of the 2022 redistricting process, it was first contested in the 2024 general election.[3]

District territory

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The sixth district was created as part of the 2022 redistricting process to reflect shifting population dynamics across the country.[3] Under the new districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,[4] the sixth district comprises 145 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) in the urban core of the municipality of Mérida and the whole of the neighbouring municipality of Kanasín.[5][a]

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the state capital, the city of Mérida.[3]

The district has a population of 373,556.[b] With Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 47% of that number, Yucatán's sixth – like all the state's electoral districts, both local and federal – is classified by the National Electoral Institute (INE) as an indigenous district.[3]

Deputies returned to Congress

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  National parties
Current
 PAN
 PRI
 PT
 PVEM
 MC
 Morena
Defunct or local only
 PLM
 PNR
 PRM
 PP
 PPS
 PARM
 PFCRN
 Convergencia
 PANAL
 PSD
 PES
 PRD
Sixth federal electoral district of Yucatán
Election Deputy Party Term Legislature
2024 Jessica Saiden Quiroz[6]     2024–2027 66th Congress

Notes

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  1. ^ The third and fourth districts cover the remainder of the municipality of Mérida.
  2. ^ Total inhabitants, not voting population.

References

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  1. ^ "How Mexico Elects Its Leaders — The Rules". Mexico Solidarity Project. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Circunscripciones" (PDF). ayuda.ine.mx. Instituto Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021–2023" (PDF). Instituto Nacional Electoral. p. 228. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  4. ^ De la Rosa, Yared (20 February 2023). "Nueva distritación electoral le quita diputados a la CDMX y le agrega a Nuevo León". Forbes México. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  5. ^ Domínguez Massa, David (3 October 2023). "Redistritación en Mérida y Yucatán: ¿Cuándo serán aprobados los cambios?". Diario de Yucatán. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Yucatán Distrito 6. Mérida". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

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