21st federal electoral district of Mexico City
Mexico City's 21st | |
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![]() Chamber of Deputies of Mexico | |
![]() 21st district since 2023 | |
Incumbent | |
Member | José Carlos Acosta Ruiz |
Party | ▌Morena |
Congress | 66th (2024–2027) |
District | |
State | Mexico City |
Head town | Xochimilco |
Coordinates | 19°16′30″N 99°08′20″W / 19.27500°N 99.13889°W |
Covers | Xochimilco (part), Milpa Alta |
Region | Fourth |
Precincts | 136 |
Population | 436,319 (2020 Census) |

The 21st federal electoral district of Mexico City (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 21 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]
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 José Carlos Acosta Ruiz of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).[4][5]
District territory
[edit]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 21st district covers 136 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) between the borough (alcaldía) of Milpa Alta and the bulk of Xochimilco (the north-western portion of that borough is assigned to the 5th district).[7]
The district reported a population of 436,319 in the 2020 Census.[1]
Previous districting schemes
[edit]1974 | 1978 | 1996 | 2005 | 2017 | 2023 | |
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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 21st district comprised 87 precincts in the south of Xochimilco and the whole (44 precincts) of Milpa Alta.[11][10]
2005–2017
- Between 2005 and 2017, the district covered the south-west of Xochimilco (85 precincts) and the whole of Milpa Alta (44 precincts).[12][13]
1996–2005
- Under the 1996 scheme, the district covered the south-east of Álvaro Obregón and the west of Coyoacán.[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 21st district comprised portions of the boroughs of Iztapalapa and Iztacalco.[15]
Deputies returned to Congress
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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 |
Presidential elections
[edit]Election | District won by | Party or coalition | % |
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2018[40] | Andrés Manuel López Obrador | ![]() ![]() ![]() Juntos Haremos Historia | 68.7441 |
2024[41] | Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo | ![]() ![]() ![]() Sigamos Haciendo Historia | 66.5073 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Morales Miranda resigned her seat on 17/07/2019.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021–2023" (PDF). INE. p. 220. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "How Mexico Elects Its Leaders – The Rules". Mexico Solidarity Project. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Geografía electoral" (PDF). Ayuda 2024. INE. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Diputaciones: Ciudad de México. Distrito 21. Xochimilco". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Perfil: Dip. José Carlos Acosta Ruiz, LXVI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ 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 29 May 2024.
- ^ "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. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ a b González Casanova, Pablo (1993). Las Elecciones en México: evolución y perspectivas (3 ed.). Siglo XXI. p. 220. ISBN 9789682313219. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
- ^ Baños Martínez, Marco Antonio; Palacios Mora, Celia (2014). "Evolución territorial de los distritos electorales federales uninominales, 1977–2010" [Territorial evolution of the federal uninominal electoral districts, 1977–2010]. Investigaciones Geográficas (84). Mexico City: Instituto de Geografía, UNAM: 92. doi:10.14350/rig.34063. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral por el que se aprueba la demarcación territorial de los 300 distritos electorales federales uninominales" (PDF). Repositorio Documental. INE. 15 March 2017. p. 142. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
- ^ "Descriptivo de la distritación federal: Ciudad de México" (PDF). Cartografía. INE. March 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ "Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Federal Electoral por el que se establece la demarcación territorial de los trescientos distritos electorales federales uninominales". Diario Oficial de la Federación. 2 March 2005. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Distritación 1996/2005 del Distrito Federal" (PDF). IFE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2008. The link contains maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes.
- ^ "Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Federal Electoral por el que se establece la demarcación territorial de los trescientos distritos electorales federales uninominales". Diario Oficial de la Federacion. 12 August 1996. p. 67. Retrieved 9 July 2025. The link contains a detailed description of the 1996 district's territory.
- ^ "División del territorio de la República en 300 distritos electorales uninominales para elecciones federales: Distrito Federal". Diario Oficial de la Federación. 29 May 1978. p. 18. Retrieved 9 July 2025. The link contains an exact description of the district's territory.
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