The 1st federal electoral district of Hidalgo () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of seven such districts in the state of Hidalgo.
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 fourth region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Daniel Andrade Zurutuza of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
District territory Under the 2023 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the 1st district's head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Huejutla de Reyes in the extreme north-east of the state.
The district covers 321 electoral precincts () across 18 of the state's municipalities: Atlapexco, Calnali, Eloxochitlán, Huautla, Huazalingo, Huejutla, Jaltocan, Juárez Hidalgo, Lolotla, Molango de Escamilla, San Felipe Orizatlán, Tepehuacán de Guerrero, Tianguistengo, Tlanchinol, Xochiatipan, Xochicoatlán, Yahualica and Zacualtipán de Ángeles.
The district reported a population of 443,425 in the 2020 census and, with Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 81% of that total, it is classified by the INE as an indigenous district.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Hidalgo 5 6 7 7 7 7 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
2017–2022 Under the 2017 plan, the district covered 15 municipalities in the same part of the state: Atlapexco, Calnali, Huautla, Huazalingo, Huejutla, Jaltocan, Lolotla, Molango de Escamilla, San Felipe Orizatlán, Tepehuacán de Guerrero, Tianguistengo, Tlanchinol, Xochiatipan, Xochicoatlán and Yahualica. Thus, the municipalities of the 2023–2030 district, minus Eloxochitlán, Juárez Hidalgo and Zacualtipán.
2005–2017 Between 2005 and 2017, it comprised 13 municipalities in the same part of the state: Atlapexco, Calnali, Huautla, Huazalingo, Huejutla, Jaltocan, Lolotla, San Felipe Orizatlán, Tepehuacán de Guerrero, Tianguistengo, Tlanchinol, Xochiatipan and Yahualica. That is, the 2017 district minus Molango and Xochicoatlán.
1996–2005 The 1996 redistricting process created Hidalgo's 7th district. The 1st district covered 14 municipalities in the same part of the state as in the later plans: The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes. Atlapexco, Calnali, Huautla, Huazalingo, Huejutla, Jaltocan, Lolotla, Molango de Escamilla, San Felipe Orizatlán, Tepehuacán de Guerrero, Tianguistengo, Tlanchinol, Xochiatipan and Yahualica. The only change compared to the 2005 configuration was the inclusion of Molango.
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, Hidalgo's seat allocation rose from five to six. The 1st district's head town was at the state capital, Pachuca, and it comprised 12 nearby municipalities: Emiliano Zapata, Epazoyucan, Mineral de la Reforma, Pachuca, San Agustín Tlaxiaca, Tepeapulco, Tezontepec, Tizayuca, Tlanalapa, Tolcayuca, Zapotlán de Juárez and Zempoala.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Hidalgo's 1st district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro1917Efrén Rebolledo1917–191827th Congress1918Efrén Rebolledo1918–192028th Congress1920Rafael López Serrano1920–192229th CongressEnrique Trejo Martínez1922–192430th Congress1924Damerino Castro1924–192631st Congress1926Juan Manuel Delgado1926–192832nd Congress1928Ernesto P. Sánchez1928–193033rd Congress1930José Rivera1930–193234th Congress1932Carlos Velázquez Méndez1932–193435th Congress1934José A. Lara1934–193736th Congress1937Daniel C. Santillán1937–194037th Congress1940José Pérez Jr. 1940–194338th Congress1943Daniel Olguín Díaz1943–194639th Congress1946David Cabrera Villagrán1946–194940th Congress1949Jorge Viesca y Palma1949–195241st Congress1952Librado Gutiérrez1952–195542nd Congress1955Julián Rodríguez Adame1955–195843rd Congress1958Andrés Mannig Valenzuela1958–196144th Congress1961Jorge Quiroz Sánchez1961–196445th Congress1964Humberto Velasco Avilés1964–196746th Congress1967Adalberto Cravioto Meneses1967–197047th Congress1970Darío Pérez González1970–197348th Congress1973Rafael Cravioto Muñoz1973–197649th Congress1976Ladislao Castillo Feregrino1976–197950th Congress1979Adolfo Castelán Flores1979–198251st Congress1982Juan Mariano Acoltzin Vidal1982–198552nd Congress19851985–198853rd Congress1988Estela Rojas de Soto1988–199154th Congress19911991–199455th Congress1994Mario Alberto Viornery Mendoza1994–199756th Congress19971997–200057th Congress2000Carolina Viggiano AustriaJuan Alonso Hernández Hernández2000–20022002–200358th Congress2003Emilio Badillo Ramírez2003–200659th Congress2006Joel Guerrero Juárez2006–200960th Congress2009Omar Fayad Meneses2009–201261st Congress2012Darío Badillo Ramírez2012–201562nd Congress2015Carolina Viggiano Austria2015–201863rd Congress2018Fortunato Rivera Castillo2018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress2024Daniel Andrade Zurutuza2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Hidalgo's 1st district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 58.04442024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 73.0370
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