7th federal electoral district of Puebla

Puebla's districts in 2017–2022

The 7th federal electoral district of Puebla (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 07 de Puebla) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 16 such districts in the state of Puebla.

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.

The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Claudia Rivera Vivanco of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).

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, Puebla's congressional seat allocation rose from 15 to 16. The 7th district is in the central part of Puebla, to the east of the state capital, and covers 110 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across 14 of the state's municipalities:

• Acajete, Amozoc, Atoyatempan, Cuapiaxtla de Madero, Cuautinchán, Mixtla, Puebla (one precinct), Los Reyes de Juárez, Santo Tomás Hueyotlipan, Tecali de Herrera, Tepatlaxco de Hidalgo, Tepeaca, Tlanepantla and Tzicatlacoyan.

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Tepeaca. The district reported a population of 399,138 in the 2020 Census.

2017–2022

From 2017 to 2022, when Puebla was assigned 15 congressional seats, the district's head town was at Tepeaca and it covered 12 municipalities in their entirety, plus one precinct in the municipality of Puebla.

2005–2017

Under the 2005 plan, the district was one of 16 in Puebla. Its head town was at Tepeaca and it covered 13 municipalities in their entirety, plus one precinct in the municipality of Puebla.

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, Puebla had 15 districts. The 7th covered 17 municipalities, with its head town at Tepeaca.

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, Puebla's seat allocation rose from 10 to 14. The 7th district's head town was at Chalchicomula and it comprised 21 municipalities.