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]

Federal electoral districts of the State of Mexico since 2022

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]

District territory

Under the National Electoral Institute's 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,^[5] the 38th district is located in the eastern panhandle of the state and covers three of its 125 municipalities:

• Chiconcuac, Texcoco and Atenco.^[6][7]

The district's 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][8]

Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers

	1972	1978	1996	2005	2017	2022
State of Mexico	15	34	36	40	41	40
Chamber of Deputies	196	300
Sources: [9][10][11][1]

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.^[11][12]

2005–2017

The municipality of Texcoco in its entirety and a northern portion of Chimalhuacán. The head town was at Texcoco de Mora.^[10][13]

Deputies returned to Congress

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

Thirty-eighth federal electoral district of the State of Mexico

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
2006	Juan Darío Arreola Calderón[14]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	Manuel Cadena Morales[15]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	Jorge Federico de la Vega Membrillo[16]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Delfina Gómez Álvarez[17][a] Magdalena Moreno Vega[19]		2015–2018 2017, 2018	63rd Congress
2018	Karla Yuritzi Almazán Burgos [es][20]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021	Karla Yuritzi Almazán Burgos [es][21]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024[22]	Jesús Martín Cuanalo Araujo[23]		2024–2027	66th Congress

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).^[18] She was replaced during her absences by her alternate, Moreno Vega.

References

1. "Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021–2023" (PDF). Instituto Nacional Electoral. p. 237. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
2. "How Mexico Elects Its Leaders — The Rules". Mexico Solidarity Project. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
3. "Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral por el que se aprueba la demarcación territorial de las cinco circunscripciones electorales plurinominales federales en que se divide el país". Diario Oficial de la Federación. Instituto Nacional Electoral. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
4. "Distritación 2004–2005: Camino para la democracia" (PDF). Instituto Federal Electoral. 2005. p. 117. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
5. De la Rosa, Yared (20 February 2023). "Nueva distritación electoral le quita diputados a la CDMX y le agrega a Nuevo León". Forbes México. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
6. "Distritos federales y municipios". Instituto Electoral del Estado de México. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
7. "Distrito electoral federal 38: Texcoco de Mora" (PDF). Instituto Electoral del Estado de México. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
8. "Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral por el que se aprueba el proyecto de la demarcación territorial de los trescientos distritos electorales federales uninominales". Diario Oficial de la Federación. Instituto Nacional Electoral. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
9. González Casanova, Pablo (1993). Las Elecciones en México: evolución y perspectivas (3 ed.). Siglo XXI. p. 219. ISBN 9789682313219. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
10. "Distritación 1996/2005 del Estado de México" (PDF). IFE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2025..
11. "Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral por el que se aprueba la demarcación territorial de los 300 distritos electorales federales uninominales en que se divide el país" (PDF). Repositorio Documental. INE. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
12. "Descriptivo de la distritacion federal: México" (PDF). Cartografía. INE. March 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
13. "Condensado del Estado de México" (PDF). IFE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
14. "Perfil: Dip. Juan Darío Arreola Calderón, LX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
15. "Perfil: Dip. Manuel Cadena Morales, LXI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
16. "Perfil: Dip. Jorge Federico de la Vega Membrillo, LXII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
17. "Perfil: Dip. Delfina Gómez Álvarez, LXIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
18. "Van Delfina Gómez e Higinio Martínez al Senado por el Edomex". El Universal. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
19. "Perfil: Dip. Magdalena Moreno Vega, LXIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
20. "Perfil: Dip. Karla Yuritzi Almazán Burgos, LXIV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
21. "Perfil: Dip. Karla Yuritzi Almazán Burgos, LXV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
22. "México Distrito 38. Texcoco de Mora". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
23. "Perfil: Dip. Jesús Martín Cuanalo Araujo, LXVI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 18 January 2025.

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