The 9th 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.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is José Antonio Gali López of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).
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 9th district covers 252 electoral precincts () across two of the state's municipalities:
Puebla (partial: 251 precincts) and Cuautlancingo (complete: 1 precinct).
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Puebla. The district reported a population of 423,750 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 the city of Puebla and it covered 199 precincts in the municipality of Puebla and the entirety (one precinct) of Cuautlancingo. The link contains a list of the municipalities covered.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, the district was one of 16 in Puebla. Its head town was the state capital and it covered 178 precincts in the municipality of Puebla and Cuautlancingo's sole precinct. The link contains maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
1996–2005 Between 1996 and 2005, Puebla had 15 districts. The 9th covered 192 precincts in the municipality of Puebla, with its head town at the city of Puebla.
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, Puebla's seat allocation rose from 10 to 14. The 9th district's head town was at Chignahuapan in the state's Sierra Norte region and it comprised 31 municipalities. The link contains a list of the municipalities covered.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Puebla's 9th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureEpigmenio Martínez1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1979Constantino Sánchez Romano1979–198251st Congress1982Luis Aguilar Cerón1982–198552nd Congress1985Modesto Heriberto Morales Arroyo1985–198853rd Congress1988Alejandro Paredes Jurado1988–199154th Congress1991Jorge René Sánchez Juárez1991–199455th Congress1994Matilde del Mar Hidalgo y García Barna1994–199756th Congress1997Víctor Manuel Carreto Fernández de Lara1997–200057th Congress2000José Ramón Mantilla y González de la Llave2000–200358th Congress2003José Felipe Puelles Espina2003–200659th Congress2006Violeta del Pilar Lagunes ViverosErnesto Javier Gómez Barrales2006–2009200960th Congress2009Blanca Estela Jiménez Hernández2009–201261st Congress2012Blanca Jiménez Castillo2012–201562nd Congress20152015–201863rd Congress2018José Guillermo Aréchiga Santamaría2018–202164th Congress2021Ana Teresa Aranda Orozco2021–202465th Congress2024José Antonio Gali López2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Puebla's 9th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 60.82502024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 56.5674
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