The 7th federal electoral district of Michoacán (Distrito electoral federal 07 de Michoacán) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of eleven such districts in the state of Michoacán.[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 fifth region.[2][3]
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Zacapu.[1]
Between 2017 and 2022, the district's head town was at Zacapu and it comprised 13 municipalities: Coeneo, Charapan, Cherán, Chilchota, Erongarícuaro, Jacona, Nahuatzen, Paracho, Purépero, Quiroga, Tangancícuaro, Tlazazalca and Zacapu.[6]
2005–2017
Under the 2005 districting plan, Michoacán lost its 13th district. The 7th district's head town was at Zacapu and it covered 12 municipalities in that region of the state: Coeneo, Charapan, Cherán, Chilchota, Erongarícuaro, Los Reyes, Nahuatzen, Paracho, Purépero, Quiroga, Tangancícuaro and Zacapu.[7][8]
1996–2005
Under the 1996 districting plan, the district's head town was at Zacapu and it covered 12 municipalities: Cherán, Coeneo, Erongarícuaro, Huaniqueo, Huiramba, Jiménez, Lagunillas, Nahuatzen, Pátzcuaro, Quiroga, Tzintzuntzan and Zacapu.[9][8]
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 the reforms, Michoacán's allocation rose from 9 to 13.[10] The 7th district's head town was at Tacámbaro in the central region of the state and it was composed of 11 municipalities:
Ario, Carácuaro, Churumuco, Huetamo, Madero, Nocupétaro, San Lucas, Tacámbaro, Tiquicheo, Tumbiscatío and Turicato.[11]
^The INE deems any local or federal electoral district where Indigenous or Afrodescendent inhabitants number 40% or more of the total population to be an indigenous district.[1]
^"Michoacán". División del Territorio de la República en 300 Distritos Electorales Uninominales para Elecciones Federales. Diario Oficial de la Federación. 29 May 1978. p. 30. Retrieved 28 August 2024.