The 5th federal electoral district of Nuevo León () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 14 such districts in the state of Nuevo León.
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 second region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Santiago González Soto of the Labour Party (PT).
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, Nuevo León's congressional seat allocation rose from 12 to 14. The fifth district is in the centre of the Monterrey metropolitan area and covers 151 electoral precincts () in the north-west of the municipality of Monterrey.
The district's head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Monterrey. The district reported a population of 382,898 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Nuevo León 7 11 11 12 12 14 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the district comprised 111 precincts in the north-west of the municipality of Monterrey, with the remainder assigned to the 6th and 10th districts.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 districting plan, the district covered the north-west of Monterrey, with the remainder of the municipality assigned to the 6th, 7th and 10th districts. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
1996–2005 From 1996 to 2005, the district covered the north-west of Monterrey, with the remainder of the municipality assigned to the 6th, 7th and 10th districts. The link contains an exact description of the area covered.
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, Nuevo León's seat allocation rose from 7 to 11. The 5th district had its head town at Linares and it comprised the municipalities of Aramberri, Doctor Arroyo, Galeana, General Terán, General Zaragoza, Hualahuises, Iturbide, Linares and Mier y Noriega. The link contains an exact description of the area covered.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Nuevo León's 5th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature 1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1979José Fuad González Amille1979–198251st Congress1982Eleazar Bazaldúa Bazaldúa1982–198552nd Congress1985Jesús Siller Rojas1985–198853rd Congress1988Eleazar Bazaldúa Bazaldúa1988–199154th Congress1991Jaime Heliodoro Rodríguez Calderón1991–199455th Congress1994Jesús Siller Rojas1994–199756th Congress1997Juan Manuel Parás González1997–200057th Congress2000Eloy Cantú Segovia2000–200358th Congress2003Marcela Guerra Castillo2003–200659th Congress2006Gustavo Fernando Caballero Camargo2006–200960th Congress2009Marcela Guerra Castillo2009–201261st Congress2012Héctor Humberto Gutiérrez de la Garza2012–201562nd Congress20152015–201863rd Congress2018Santiago González Soto 2018–202164th Congress2021Marcela Guerra Castillo2021–202465th Congress2024Santiago González Soto 2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Nuevo León's 5th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 42.24842024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 53.9605
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