19th federal electoral district of Mexico City

The 19th federal electoral district of Mexico City (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 19 de la Ciudad de México; previously "of the Federal District") is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of the 22 currently operational districts in Mexico City.^[1]

Mexico City's 19th
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
19th district since 2023
Incumbent
Member	Héctor Saúl Téllez Hernández [es]
Party	▌National Action Party
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	Mexico City
Head town	Coyoacán
Coordinates	19°21′00″N 99°09′44″W
Covers	Coyoacán (part), Iztapalapa (part)
PR region	Fourth
Precincts	275
Population	369,360 (2020 Census)

Mexico City under the 2017–2022 districting plan

2005–2017 nineteenth district shaded blue

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.^[2][3]

The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Héctor Saúl Téllez Hernández [es] of the National Action Party (PAN).^[4][5]

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,^[6] the 19th district covers the eastern portion of the borough (alcaldía) of Coyoacán excluded from the 8th district and the adjacent westernmost part of Iztapalapa, for a total of 275 electoral precincts (secciones electorales).^[7]

The district reported a population of 369,360 in the 2020 Census.^[1]

Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers

	1974	1978	1996	2005	2017	2023
Mexico City (Federal District)	27	40	30	27	24	22
Chamber of Deputies	196	300
Sources: [1][8][9][10]

2017–2022

In the 2017 plan, the 19th district comprised 226 precincts in the central part of Iztapalapa.^[11][10]

2005–2017

Between 2005 and 2017, the district covered 164 precincts in the east of Iztapalapa.^[12][13]

1996–2005

Under the 1996 scheme, the district covered 174 precincts in the east of Iztapalapa.^[14][13]

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, the Federal District's seat allocation rose from 27 to 40.^[8] The 19th district was located in the borough of Azcapotzalco.^[15]

Deputies returned to Congress

National parties
Current
	PAN
	PRI
	PT
	PVEM
	MC
	Morena
Defunct or local only
	PLM
	PNR
	PRM
	PNM
	PP
	PPS
	PARM
	PFCRN
	Convergencia
	PANAL
	PSD
	PES
	PES
	PRD

Mexico City's 19th district

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1952	Manuel Marcué Pardiñas[16]		1952–1955	42nd Congress
1955	Marcelino Murrieta Carreto[17]		1955–1958	43rd Congress
1958	Emiliano Aguilar Garcés[18]		1958–1961	44th Congress
1961	Salvador Carrillo Echeveste[19]		1961–1964	45th Congress
1964	Salvador Padilla Flores[20]		1964–1967	46th Congress
1967	Adolfo Ruiz Sosa[21]		1967–1970	47th Congress
1970	Hilda Anderson Nevárez[22]		1970–1973	48th Congress
1973	Alejandro Ruiz Zavala[23]		1973–1976	49th Congress
1976	Abraham Martínez Rivero[24]		1976–1979	50th Congress
1979	Francisco Simeano y Chávez[25]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Sara Villalpando Núñez[26]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Luis Manuel Altamirano Cuadros[27]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Eleazar Cervantes Medina[28]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Eduardo Francisco Trejo González[29]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Jaime Mariano del Río Navarro[30][a] José Luis Zanela Sierra		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Esperanza Villalobos Pérez[31]		1997–2000	57th Congress
2000	Alfredo Hernández Raigosa[32]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	María Elba Garfias[33]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	Silvia Oliva Fragoso[34]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	Gerardo Fernández Noroña[35]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	Aleida Alavez Ruiz[36]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Jerónimo Alejandro Ojeda Anguiano[37]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018[38]	Aleida Alavez Ruiz[39]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021[40]	Aleida Alavez Ruiz[41]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024[4]	Héctor Saúl Téllez Hernández [es][5]		2024–2027	66th Congress

Presidential elections

Mexico City's 19th district

Election	District won by	Party or coalition	%
2018[42]	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Juntos Haremos Historia	63.3042
2024[43]	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo	Sigamos Haciendo Historia	45.5759

Notes

1. Mariano del Río Navarro resigned his seat on 10 April 1997 to take up a position with the federal government; he was replaced by his alternate for the remainder of his term.