6th federal electoral district of Hidalgo

The 6th federal electoral district of Hidalgo (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 06 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 6th
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
6th district since 2023
Incumbent
Member	Ricardo Crespo Arroyo
Party	▌Morena
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	Hidalgo
Head town	Pachuca de Soto
Coordinates	20°6′N 98°45′W
Covers	Pachuca, San Agustín Tlaxiaca, Ajacuba, Francisco I. Madero, Tlahuelilpan
PR region	Fourth
Precincts	197
Population	440,567 (2020 Census)

6th district in 2017–2022

6th 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]

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;^[5] under the 1977 reforms, the number increased to six.^[6] 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 Ricardo Crespo Arroyo of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).^[7][8]

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,^[9] the 6th district covers 197 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) 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.^[10]

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, Pachuca de Soto.^[11] The district reported a population of 440,567 in the 2020 Census.^[1]

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	300
Sources:[1][5][6][12]

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.^[13][14]

2005–2017

Between 2005 and 2017, it comprised the municipalities of Pachuca and Mineral de la Reforma.^[15][16]

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.^[17][16]

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.^[5] The re-established 6th district's head town was at Actopan and it covered 18 municipalities:^[18]

• 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

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 6th district

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1916 [es]	None[19]		1916–1917	Constituent Congress of Querétaro
1917	Jesús Silva		1917–1918	27th Congress [es]
1918	Aniceto Ortega de Villar		1918–1920	28th Congress
1920	Estanislao Olguín		1920–1922	29th Congress
1922 [es]	José Trinidad Cano		1922–1924	30th Congress
1924	Juvencio Nochebuena Palacios [es]		1924–1926	31st Congress
1926	Honorato Austria		1926–1928	32nd Congress
1928	Honorato Austria		1928–1930	33rd Congress
1930	Otilio Villegas Lora		1930–1932	34th Congress
1932	Otilio Villegas Lora		1932–1934	35th Congress
1934	Salvador Mayorga		1934–1937	36th Congress
1937	Leopoldo Badillo		1937–1940	37th Congress
1940	Otilio Villegas Lora		1940–1943	38th Congress
The 6th district was suspended between 1943 and 1978
1979	Manuel Rangel Escamilla[20]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Antonio Ramírez Barrera[21]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Jesús Murillo Karam[22]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Rodolfo Ruiz Pérez Escobar[23]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Juan Carlos Alva Calderón[24]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Prisciliano Gutiérrez Hernández[25]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto[26][b] Lilia Reyes Morales[27]		1997–1998 1998–2000	57th Congress
2000	Juan Manuel Sepúlveda Fayad[28]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong[29][c] Alfredo Bejos Nicolás[31]		2003–2004 2004–2006	59th Congress
2006	Daniel Ludlow Kuri[32][d]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	Carolina Viggiano Austria[35]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	Mirna Hernández Morales[36]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Alfredo Bejos Nicolás[37]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018[38]	Lidia García Anaya [es][39]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021[40]	Lidia García Anaya [es][41]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024[7]	Ricardo Crespo Arroyo[8]		2024–2027	66th Congress

Presidential elections

Hidalgo's 6th district

Election	District won by	Party or coalition	%
2018[42]	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Juntos Haremos Historia	59.0106
2024[43]	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo	Sigamos Haciendo Historia	61.4854

Notes

1. Between 2005 and 2023, Hidalgo was assigned to the fifth region.^[4]
2. Núñez Soto took leave of his seat in 1998 to contend for the governorship of Hidalgo.
3. Osorio Chong took leave of his seat in October 2004 to contend for the governorship of Hidalgo.^[30]
4. Ludlow Kuri took leave of his seat on 9 September 2008 to run for mayor of Pachuca. During his absence he was replaced by his substitute, Sonia del Villar Sosa. He reassumed his seat in Congress after losing the election to Francisco Olvera Ruiz.^[33][34]