4th federal electoral district of Hidalgo

The 4th federal electoral district of Hidalgo (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 04 de 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.^[1]

Hidalgo's 4th
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
4th district since 2017
Incumbent
Member	Alma Lidia de la Vega Sánchez
Party	▌Morena
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	Hidalgo
Head town	Tulancingo
Coordinates	20°5′N 98°22′W
Covers	10 municipalities Acatlán, Acaxochitlán, Agua Blanca de Iturbide, Cuautepec de Hinojosa, Huehuetla, Metepec, San Bartolo Tutotepec, Tulantepec de Lugo Guerrero, Tenango de Doria, Tulancingo de Bravo
PR region	Fourth
Precincts	193
Population	417,765 (2020 Census)

4th district in 2005–2017

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.^[2][3][a]

The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Alma Lidia de la Vega Sánchez of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).^[5][6]

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,^[7] the district is located in the east of the state and its head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Tulancingo.^[1] It covers 193 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across ten of the state's municipalities:^[8][9]

• Acatlán, Acaxochitlán, Agua Blanca de Iturbide, Cuautepec de Hinojosa, Huehuetla, Metepec, San Bartolo Tutotepec, Tulantepec de Lugo Guerrero, Tenango de Doria and Tulancingo de Bravo.

The district reported a population of 417,765 in the 2020 Census.^[1]

Previous districting plans

Evolution of electoral district numbers

	1974	1978	1996	2005	2017	2023
Hidalgo	5	6	7	7	7	7
Chamber of Deputies	196	300
Sources: [1][10][11][12]

2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2002, the 4th district covered the same 10 municipalities as in the 2023 plan.^[13][14]

2005–2017

Under the 2005 districting plan, the district covered 11 municipalities:^[15][16]

• Acatlán, Acaxochitlán, Agua Blanca de Iturbide, Huasca de Ocampo, Huehuetla, Metepec, Mineral del Monte, Omitlán de Juárez, San Bartolo Tutotepec, Tenango de Doria and Tulancingo de Bravo.

1996–2005

The 1996 redistricting process created Hidalgo's 7th district. A slightly different group of 11 municipalities made up the 4th district between 1996 and 2005:^[17][16]

• Acatlán, Acaxochitlán, Agua Blanca de Iturbide, Huasca de Ocampo, Huehuetla, Metepec, Omitlán de Juárez, San Bartolo Tutotepec, Tulantepec de Lugo Guerrero, Tenango de Doria and Tulancingo de Bravo.

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.^[10] The 4th district's head town was at Huejutla and it comprised 13 municipalities in the north of the state:^[18]

• Atlapexco, Calnali, Huautla, Huazalingo, Huejutla, Jaltocán, Lolotla, Molango, Orizatlán, Tepehuacán, Tlanchinol, Xochiatipan and Yahualica.

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

Hidalgo's 4th district

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1916 [es]	None[19]		1916–1917	Constituent Congress of Querétaro
1917	Samuel H. Mariel	PLC [es]	1917–1918	27th Congress [es]
1918	Samuel H. Mariel	PLC [es]	1918–1920	28th Congress
1920	Jesús F. Azuara		1920–1922	29th Congress
1922 [es]	Jesús F. Azuara		1922–1924	30th Congress
1924	Oscar B. Santander		1924–1926	31st Congress
1926	Enrique Medécigo Rosas		1926–1928	32nd Congress
1928	Jesús Medécigo Rosas		1928–1930	33rd Congress
1930	Enrique Viveros		1930–1932	34th Congress
1932	Arcadio Cornejo		1932–1934	35th Congress
1934	Wilfrido Osorio H.		1934–1937	36th Congress
1937	Vicente Aguirre del Castillo [es]		1937–1940	37th Congress
1940	Gregorio Hernández		1940–1943	38th Congress
1943	Raúl Lozano Ramírez		1943–1946	39th Congress
1946	Juvencio Nochebuena Palacios [es]		1946–1949	40th Congress
1949	Domitilo Austria García		1949–1952	41st Congress
1952	Juvencio Nochebuena Palacios [es]		1952–1955	42nd Congress
1955	Agustín Mariel Anaya		1955–1958	43rd Congress
1958	Francisco Rivera Carretta		1958–1961	44th Congress
1961	Gontrán Noble Pérez y Revilla		1961–1964	45th Congress
1964	Raúl Lozano Ramírez		1964–1967	46th Congress
1967	José Gonzalo Badillo Ortiz		1967–1970	47th Congress
1970	Abel Ramírez Acosta		1970–1973	48th Congress
1973	Javier Hernández Lara		1973–1976	49th Congress
1976	José Antonio Zorrilla Pérez		1976–1979	50th Congress
1979	Jesús Murillo Karam[20]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Onofre Hernández Rivera[21]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Juan Carlos Alva Calderón[22]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Orlando Arvizu Lara[23]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Joel Guerrero Juárez[24]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Roberto Pedraza Martínez[25]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Francisco Xavier Berganza[26] José Antonio Haghenbeck Cámara[27]		1997–1999 1999–2000	57th Congress
2000	Gerardo Sosa Castelán[28]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	Óscar Bitar Haddad[29]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	María Oralia Vega Ortiz[30]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	David Penchyna Grub[31]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	Emilse Miranda Munive[32]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Cesáreo Jorge Márquez Alvarado[33]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018[34]	María Isabel Alfaro Morales[35]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021[36]	María Isabel Alfaro Morales[37]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024[5]	Alma Lidia de la Vega Sánchez[6]		2024–2027	66th Congress

Presidential elections

Hidalgo's 4th district

Election	District won by	Party or coalition	%
2018[38]	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Juntos Haremos Historia	60.1770
2024[39]	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo	Sigamos Haciendo Historia	63.9596

Notes

1. Between 2005 and 2023, Hidalgo was assigned to the fifth region.^[4]