6th federal electoral district of Yucatán
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The 6th federal electoral district of Yucatán (Distrito electoral federal 06 de Yucatán)
is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of six such districts in the state of Yucatán.{{cite web |title=Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021–2023 |url=https://cartografia.ife.org.mx/documentacion/memoria-de-la-distritacion-nacional21_23.pdf |page=228 |publisher=Instituto Nacional Electoral |access-date=16 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528223340/https://cartografia.ife.org.mx/documentacion/memoria-de-la-distritacion-nacional21_23.pdf |archive-date=28 May 2024}}
It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative period 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 third region.{{cite web |title=How Mexico Elects Its Leaders — The Rules |url=https://mexicosolidarityproject.org/voices/172/ |website=Mexico Solidarity Project |access-date=16 August 2024 |date=31 January 2024}}{{cite web |title=Circunscripciones |url=https://ayuda.ine.mx/2021/informate/assets/docs/Elecciones/Circunscripciones.pdf |website=ayuda.ine.mx |publisher=Instituto Nacional Electoral |access-date=16 August 2024}}
Created as part of the 2022 redistricting process, it was first contested in the 2024 general election.
District territory
The 6th district was created as part of the National Electoral Institute's 2022 redistricting process to reflect shifting population dynamics across the country. Under the new districting plan, which will be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,{{cite news |last1=De la Rosa |first1=Yared |title=Nueva distritación electoral le quita diputados a la CDMX y le agrega a Nuevo León |url=https://www.forbes.com.mx/nueva-distritacion-electoral-le-quita-diputados-a-la-cdmx-y-le-agrega-a-nuevo-leon/ |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=Forbes México |date=20 February 2023}}
the 6th district comprises 145 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) in the urban core of the municipality of Mérida and the whole of the neighbouring municipality of Kanasín.{{cite news |last1=Domínguez Massa |first1=David |title=Redistritación en Mérida y Yucatán: ¿Cuándo serán aprobados los cambios? |url=https://www.yucatan.com.mx/merida/2022/12/13/redistritacion-en-merida-yucatan-cuando-seran-aprobados-los-cambios-368497.html |access-date=16 August 2024 |work=Diario de Yucatán |date=3 October 2023}}{{efn|The third and fourth districts cover the remainder of the municipality of Mérida.}}
The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Mérida.
The district has a population of 373,556. With Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 47% of that number, Yucatán's sixth – like all the state's electoral districts, both local and federal – is classified by the National Electoral Institute (INE) as an indigenous district.{{efn|Population figure indicates total inhabitants, not voters. The INE deems any local or federal electoral district where Indigenous or Afrodescendent inhabitants number 40% or more of the population to be an indigenous district.}}
Deputies returned to Congress
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|+ Sixth federal electoral district of Yucatán ! Election !! Deputy !! Party !! Term !! Legislature |
| 2024{{cite web |title=Yucatán Distrito 6. Mérida |url=https://computos2024.ine.mx/diputaciones/nacional/circunscripcion/2/entidad/31/distrito/6/candidatura |website=Cómputos Distritales 2024 |publisher=INE |access-date=16 August 2024}}
|Jessica Saiden Quiroz{{cite web |title=Perfil: Dip. Jessica Saiden Quiroz, LXVI Legislatura |publisher=SEGOB |website=Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) |accessdate=8 January 2025 |url=http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?Referencia=9228168}} |2024–2027 |
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