The 6th federal electoral district of Guanajuato () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 15 such districts in the state of Guanajuato.
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 Laura Cristina Márquez Alcalá of the National Action Party (PAN).
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, Guanajuato's 6th district covers 192 electoral precincts () across the eastern portion of the municipality of León.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of León. The district reported a population of 427,910 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Guanajuato 9 13 15 14 15 15 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the 6th district's head town was at León and it covered 243 precincts in the east of the municipality.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, Guanajuato had only 14 districts. This district's head town was at León and it covered 203 precincts in the south of the municipality. The link contains maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes.
1996–2005 In the 1996 scheme, under which Guanajuato was assigned 15 seats, the district had its head town at León and it comprised 187 precincts in the south of the municipality.
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, Guanajuato's seat allocation rose from 9 to 13. The 6th district's head town was at Salamanca and it covered four municipalities: Abasolo, Huanímaro, Pueblo Nuevo and Salamanca.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Guanajuato's 6th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureJosé Villaseñor Lomelí1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1976Alfredo Carrillo Juárez1976–197950th Congress19791979–198251st Congress1982Javier Martínez Aguilera1982–198552nd Congress1985Alberto Fabián Carrillo Flores1985–198853rd Congress19881988–199154th Congress1991Ernesto Botello Martínez1991–199455th Congress1994Fernando Pacheco Martínez1994–199756th Congress1997Arturo Saiz Calderón García1997–200057th Congress2000Joel Vilches Mares2000–200358th Congress2003Salvador Márquez Lozornio2003–200659th Congress2006Adriana Rodríguez Vizcarra Velázquez2006–200960th Congress2009Jaime Oliva Ramírez2009–201261st Congress2012Rosa Elba Pérez Hernández2012–201562nd Congress2015Alejandra Gutiérrez Campos2015–201863rd Congress2018María del Pilar Ortega Martínez2018–202164th Congress2021Ana María Esquivel Arrona2021–202465th Congress2024Laura Cristina Márquez Alcalá2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Guanajuato's 6th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Ricardo Anaya Cortés Por México al Frente51.87532024Bertha Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz Fuerza y Corazón por México48.8813
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