The 7th federal electoral district of Sinaloa () 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 Sinaloa.
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 first region.
Suspended in 1930, the 7th district was re-established as part 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, Sinaloa's seat allocation rose from five to nine. The new districts were first contested in the 1979 legislative election.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is 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 7th district comprises 477 electoral precincts () in the north of the municipality of Culiacán, excluding the urban core.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, Culiacán Rosales. The district reported a population of 430,512 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Sinaloa 5 9 8 8 7 7 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
2017–2022 As in the 2023 plan, the 7th district covered northern Culiacán, excluding the municipality's urban core. The city of Culiacán served as the head town.
1996–2017 Under both the 1996 and 2005 plans – albeit with slight adjustments to the dividing line with the 5th district – the 7th district comprised the southern part of the municipality of Culiacán. The state capital served as the head town. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
1978–1996 From 1978 to 1996, the re-established 7th district was located in the north of the state, covering the municipalities of Angostura, Badiraguato, Mocorito and Salvador Alvarado. The head town was in Salvador Alvarado.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Sinaloa's 7th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1979Baldomero López Arias1979–198251st Congress1982Maclovio Osuna Balderrama1982–198552nd Congress1985María Luisa Solís Payán1985–198853rd Congress1988David Miranda Valdez1988–199154th Congress1991Miguel Sotelo Burgos1991–199455th Congress1994Heriberto Galindo Quiñones1994–199756th Congress1997Ernesto Millán Escalante1997–200057th Congress2000Víctor Manuel Gandarilla Carrasco2000–200358th Congress2003Óscar Félix Ochoa2003–200659th Congress2006Jesús Manuel Patrón Montalvo2006–200960th Congress2009Óscar Javier Lara Aréchiga2009–201261st Congress2012Sergio Torres FélixMirna Velázquez López 2012–20122013–201562nd Congress2015Rosa Elena Millán BuenoPaola Iveth Gárate Valenzuela2015–20172017–201863rd Congress2018 2018–202164th Congress2021 2021–202465th Congress2024Danisa Magdalena Flores Ojeda 20242024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Sinaloa's 7th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 66.69892024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 62.1883
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