The 15th federal electoral district of Puebla () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 16 such districts in the state of Puebla.
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 fourth region.
Suspended in 1930, Puebla's 15th district was re-established by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) in 1996. The restored district returned its first deputy in the 1997 mid-term election
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is María del Rosario Orozco Caballero 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, Puebla's congressional seat allocation rose from 15 to 16. The 15th district is in Puebla's south-east and covers 119 electoral precincts () across six of the state's municipalities:
Cañada Morelos, Chapulco, Nicolás Bravo, Santiago Miahuatlán, Tehuacán and Tepanco de López.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Tehuacán. The district reported a population of 415,593 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Puebla 10 14 15 16 15 16 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
2017–2022 From 2017 to 2022, when Puebla was assigned 15 congressional seats, the district's head town was at Tehuacán and it covered eight municipalities: Atexcal, Coyotepec, Ixcaquixtla, Juan N. Méndez, Santiago Miahuatlán, Tehuacán, Tepanco de López and Tlacotepec de Benito Juárez.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, the district was one of 16 in Puebla. Its head town was at Tehuacán and it covered four municipalities: The link contains maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes. Santiago Miahuatlán, Tehuacán, Tepanco de López and Tlacotepec de Benito Juárez.
1996–2005 From 1978 to 1996, Puebla was allocated 14 seats in Congress. Re-established by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) in its 1996 districting plan, the 15th district covered 14 municipalities and had its head town at Tehuacán. The link contains a list of the municipalities covered.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Puebla's 15th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ... The 15th district was suspended between 1930 and 19971997Ignacio García de la Cadena1997–200057th Congress2000María Luisa Araceli Domínguez Ramírez2000–200358th Congress2003María del Carmen Izaguirre Francos2003–200659th Congress2006René Lezama Aradillas2006–200960th Congress2009María del Carmen Izaguirre Francos2009–201261st Congress2012María del Carmen García de Cadena Romero2012–201562nd Congress2015Sergio Emilio Gómez Oliver2015–201863rd Congress2018Alejandro Barroso Chávez 2018–202164th Congress2021Araceli Celestino RosasFabiola Serrano Romero2021–2024202465th Congress2024María del Rosario Orozco Caballero2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Puebla's 15th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 67.84842024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 74.5421
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