Federal electoral district of Mexico
2017–2022 districting scheme
The 37th federal electoral district of the State of Mexico (Spanish : Distrito electoral federal 37 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]
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 Pedro Mario Zenteno Santaella of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).[ 5] [ 6]
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 37th district is located in the centre-north of the state and covers 152 electoral precincts (secciones electorales ) across five of its 125 municipalities :
The head town (cabecera distrital ), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Teoloyucan . In the 2020 Census, the district reported a total population of 435,225.[ 1]
Previous districting schemes [ edit ]
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 37th district was situated as follows:
2017–2022
The municipalities of Coyotepec, Cuautitlán, Melchor Ocampo, Teoloyucan and Tepotzotlán. The head town was at Cuautitlán.[ 12] [ 13]
2005–2017
The municipalities of Jaltenco, Melchor Ocampo, Nextlalpan, Tonanitla, the northern exclave of Tultitlán, a few neighbourhoods in the extreme north of Ecatepec and the eastern third of Cuautitlán. The head town was at Cuautitlán.[ 14] [ 11]
Deputies returned to Congress [ edit ]
Presidential elections [ edit ]
^ Casillas Zanatta resigned his seat on 16 September 2017 to take up a position in the administration of Governor Alfredo del Mazo .[ 19] Cardozo Estévez, his alternate, was sworn in on 19 September.
^ Zenteno Santaella resigned his seat on 4 December 2018. Arenas Madrigal, his alternate, was sworn in on 6 December.
^ a b c "Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021–2023" (PDF) . INE . p. 237. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2025 .
^ "How Mexico Elects Its Leaders – The Rules" . Mexico Solidarity Project . 31 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2025 .
^ "Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral por el que se aprueba la demarcación territorial de las cinco circunscripciones electorales plurinominales" . Diario Oficial de la Federación . 27 February 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2025 .
^ "Distritación 2004–2005: Camino para la democracia" (PDF) . IFE . 2005. p. 117. Retrieved 18 January 2025 .
^ a b "Diputaciones: México. Distrito 37. Teoloyucan" . Cómputos Distritales 2024 . INE .
^ a b "Perfil: Dip. Pedro Mario Zenteno Santaella, LXVI Legislatura" . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . SEGOB . Retrieved 18 January 2025 .
^ 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 .
^ "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 18 January 2025 .
^ "Distrito electoral federal 37: Teoloyucan" (PDF) . Instituto Electoral del Estado de México. Retrieved 18 January 2025 .
^ González Casanova, Pablo (1993). Las Elecciones en México: evolución y perspectivas (3 ed.). Siglo XXI. p. 219. ISBN 9789682313219 . Retrieved 31 January 2025 .
^ a b "Distritación 1996/2005 del Estado de México" (PDF) . IFE . Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2025 . The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
^ 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. Retrieved 31 January 2025 .
^ "Descriptivo de la distritacion federal: México" (PDF) . Cartografía . INE . March 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 3 February 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 25 May 2025 .
^ "Perfil: Dip. Francisco Javier Santos Arreola, LX Legislatura" . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . SEGOB . Retrieved 18 January 2025 .
^ "Perfil: Dip. Israel Reyes Ledesma Magaña, LXI Legislatura" . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . SEGOB . Retrieved 18 January 2025 .
^ "Perfil: Dip. Francisco Javier Fernández Clamont, LXII Legislatura" . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . SEGOB . Retrieved 18 January 2025 .
^ "Perfil: Dip. Gabriel Casillas Zanatta, LXIII Legislatura" . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . SEGOB . Retrieved 18 January 2025 .
^ "Piden licencia 6 diputados; integrarán gabinete de Del Mazo" . El Universal . 14 September 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2025 .
^ "Perfil: Dip. José Luis Cardozo Estévez, LXIII Legislatura" . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . SEGOB . Retrieved 18 January 2025 .
^ "Perfil: Dip. Pedro Mario Zenteno Santaella, LXIV Legislatura" . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . SEGOB . Retrieved 18 January 2025 .
^ "Perfil: Dip. Edgar Eduardo Arenas Madrigal, LXVI Legislatura" . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . SEGOB . Retrieved 18 January 2025 .
^ "Perfil: Dip. Javier Huerta Jurado, LXVI Legislatura" . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . SEGOB . Retrieved 18 January 2025 .
^ "Presidencia: México. Distrito 37. Cuautitlán" . Cómputos Distritales 2018 . INE . Retrieved 25 June 2025 .
^ "Presidencia: México. Distrito 37. Teoloyucan" . Cómputos Distritales 2024 . INE . Retrieved 25 June 2025 .