38th federal electoral district of the State of Mexico

The 38th federal electoral district of the State of Mexico (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 38 del Estado de México) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 40 such districts in the State of Mexico.^[1]

State of Mexico's 38th
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
State of Mexico's districts since 2023
Incumbent
Member	Jesús Martín Cuanalo
Party	▌Ecologist Green Party
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	State of Mexico
Head town	Texcoco de Mora
Coordinates	19°31′N 98°52′W
Covers	Chiconcuac, Texcoco, Atenco
PR region	Fifth
Precincts	107
Population	380,274 (2020 Census)

2017–2022 districting scheme

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 fifth region.^[2][3]

The 37th to 40th districts were created by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) in its 2005 redistricting process and were first contested in the 2006 general election.^[4]

The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Jesús Martín Cuanalo Araujo of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).^[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 38th district is located in the eastern panhandle of the state and covers 107 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across three of its 125 municipalities:^[8][9]

• Chiconcuac, Texcoco and Atenco.

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Texcoco de Mora. In the 2020 Census, the district reported a total population of 380,274.^[1]

Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers

	1974	1978	1996	2005	2017	2023
State of Mexico	15	34	36	40	41	40
Chamber of Deputies	196	300
Sources: [1][10][11][12]

Under the previous districting plans enacted by the INE and its predecessors, the 38th district was situated as follows:

2017–2022

The municipalities of Atenco, Chiconcuac, Texcoco and Tezoyuca. The head town was at Texcoco de Mora.^[12][13]

2005–2017

The municipality of Texcoco in its entirety and a northern portion of Chimalhuacán. The head town was at Texcoco de Mora.^[14][11]

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

State of Mexico's 38th district

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
2006	Juan Darío Arreola Calderón[15]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	Manuel Cadena Morales[16]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	Jorge Federico de la Vega Membrillo[17]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Delfina Gómez Álvarez[18][a] Magdalena Moreno Vega[20]		2015–2018 2017, 2018	63rd Congress
2018	Karla Yuritzi Almazán Burgos [es][21]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021	Karla Yuritzi Almazán Burgos [es][22]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024[5]	Jesús Martín Cuanalo Araujo[6]		2024–2027	66th Congress

Presidential elections

State of Mexico's 38th district

Election	District won by	Party or coalition	%
2018[23]	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Juntos Haremos Historia	61.5329
2024[24]	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo	Sigamos Haciendo Historia	62.0320

Notes

1. Gómez Álvarez took leave of her seat in 2017 (during which time she contended unsuccessfully for governor of the State of Mexico) and 2018 (for a successful Senate run).^[19] She was replaced during her absences by her alternate, Moreno Vega.