The 6th federal electoral district of Hidalgo () 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 Hidalgo.
It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative period 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 electoral region.
Suspended in 1943, the 6th district was re-established as part of the 1977 electoral reforms. Under the 1975 districting plan, Hidalgo only had five congressional districts; under the 1977 reforms, the number increased to six. The restored 6th district elected its first deputy, to the 51st Congress, in the 1979 mid-term 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 6th district covers 197 electoral precincts () across a central portion of Hidalgo that includes the municipality of Pachuca and the municipalities of San Agustín Tlaxiaca, Ajacuba, Francisco I. Madero and Tlahuelilpan to the west.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, Pachuca de Soto. The district reported a population of 440,567 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Hidalgo 5 6 7 7 7 7 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
Since 1996, the 6th district's various configurations have all been centred around Pachuca:
2017–2022 Under the 2017 plan, the district covered the municipalities of Pachuca, Tizayuca, Tolcayuca and Zapotlán de Juárez.
2005–2017 Between 2005 and 2017, it comprised the municipalities of Pachuca and Mineral de la Reforma.
1996–2005 The 1996 redistricting process created Hidalgo's 7th district. The 6th district covered the municipalities of Pachuca, Mineral de la Reforma, Mineral del Chico, Mineral del Monte and San Agustín Tlaxiaca. The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes.
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, Hidalgo's seat allocation rose from five to six. The re-established 6th district's head town was at Actopan and it covered 18 municipalities: Actopan, El Arenal, Atotonilco el Grande, Cardonal, Eloxochitlán, Huasca de Ocampo, Juárez Hidalgo, Metzquititlán, Metztitlán, Mineral del Chico, Mineral del Monte, Omitlan de Juárez, San Salvador, Santiago de Anaya, Tianguistengo, Tlahuiltepa, Xochicoatlán and Zacualtipán.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Hidalgo's 6th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureNone1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro1917Jesús Silva1917–19181918Aniceto Ortega de Villar1918–192028th Congress1920Estanislao Olguín1920–192229th CongressJosé Trinidad Cano1922–192430th Congress19241924–192631st Congress1926Honorato Austria1926–192832nd Congress1928Honorato Austria1928–193033rd Congress1930Otilio Villegas Lora1930–193234th Congress1932Otilio Villegas Lora1932–193435th Congress1934Salvador Mayorga1934–193736th Congress1937Leopoldo Badillo1937–194037th Congress1940Otilio Villegas Lora1940–194338th Congress The 6th district was suspended between 1943 and 19781979Manuel Rangel Escamilla1979–198251st Congress1982Antonio Ramírez Barrera1982–198552nd Congress1985Jesús Murillo Karam1985–198853rd Congress1988Rodolfo Ruiz Pérez Escobar1988–199154th Congress1991Juan Carlos Alva Calderón1991–199455th Congress1994Prisciliano Gutiérrez Hernández1994–199756th Congress1997Manuel Ángel Núñez SotoLilia Reyes Morales1997–19981998–200057th Congress2000Juan Manuel Sepúlveda Fayad2000–200358th Congress2003Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong Alfredo Bejos Nicolás2003–2004 2004–200659th Congress2006Daniel Ludlow Kuri2006–200960th Congress2009Carolina Viggiano Austria2009–201261st Congress2012Mirna Hernández Morales2012–201562nd Congress2015Alfredo Bejos Nicolás2015–201863rd Congress20182018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress20242024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Hidalgo's 6th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 59.01062024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 61.4854
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