The 14th federal electoral district of Veracruz () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 19 such districts in the state of Veracruz.
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 third region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Jessica Ramírez Cisneros of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
District territory Veracruz lost a congressional district in the 2023 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 elections. The reconfigured 14th district covers 264 electoral precincts () across nine municipalities in the Olmeca region in the south-east of the state: Hidalgotitlán, Jáltipan, Jesús Carranza, Las Choapas, Minatitlán, Oluta, Oteapan, Texistepec and Uxpanapa.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Minatitlán. The district reported a population of 401,366 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Veracruz 15 23 23 21 20 19 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
Because of shifting demographics, Veracruz currently has four fewer districts than the 23 the state was allocated under the 1977 electoral reforms.
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, Veracruz was assigned 20 electoral districts. The 14th district comprised seven municipalities in the same region as in the 2023 plan: Las Choapas, Hidalgotitlán, Jesús Carranza, Minatitlán, San Juan Evangelista, Sayula and Uxpanapa. Its head town was the city of Minatitlán.
2005–2017 Veracruz's allocation of congressional seats fell to 21 in the 2005 redistricting process. Between 2005 and 2017 the 14th district had its head town at Minatitlán and it comprised seven municipalities: The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 districting plans. Las Choapas, Hidalgotitlán, Ixhuatlán del Sureste, Jesús Carranza, Minatitlán, Moloacán and Uxpanapa.
1996–2005 Under the 1996 districting plan, which allocated Veracruz 23 districts, the head town was at Boca del Río in the Sotavento region and the district covered seven municipalities.
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, Veracruz's seat allocation rose from 15 to 23. The 14th district had its head town at Minatitlán and it covered the municipalities of Minatitlán and Las Choapas.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Veracruz's 14th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1973David Ramírez Cruz1973–197649th Congress1976Juan Meléndez Pacheco1976–197950th Congress19791979–198251st Congress1982Wilfrido Martínez Gómez1982–198552nd Congress19851985–198853rd Congress1988Vicente Torres Ruiz1988–199154th Congress1991Pablo Pavón Vinales1991–199455th Congress1994Jorge Wade González1994–199756th Congress1997Fidel Herrera Beltrán1997–200057th Congress2000Roberto Eugenio Bueno Campos2000–200358th Congress2003Martín Vidaña Pérez2003–200659th Congress2006Robinson Uscanga Cruz2006–200960th Congress2009Luis Antonio Martínez Armengol2009–201261st Congress2012Noé Hernández González2012–201562nd Congress2015José Luis Sáenz Soto2015–201863rd Congress2018Carmen Medel Palma2018–202164th Congress2021Rosalba Valencia Cruz2021–202465th Congress2024Jessica Ramírez Cisneros2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Veracruz's 14th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 63.65372024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 80.3869
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