San Luis Potosí's 5th
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
5th district since 2023
Incumbent
Member	David Azuara Zúñiga
Party	▌National Action Party
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	San Luis Potosí
Head town	City of San Luis Potosí
Coordinates	22°10′N101°00′W / 22.167°N 101.000°W /22.167; -101.000
Covers	Municipality of San Luis Potosí (part)
PR region	Second
Precincts	205
Population	457,904 (2020 Census)

The5th federal electoral district of San Luis Potosí (Spanish:Distrito electoral federal 05 de San Luis Potosí) is one of the300 electoral districts into whichMexico is divided for elections to the federalChamber of Deputies and one of seven such districts in thestate ofSan Luis Potosí.^[1]

It elects onedeputy to the lower house ofCongress for each three-year legislative session by means of thefirst-past-the-post system. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from thesecond region.^[2][3]

The current member for the district, elected in the2024 general election, isDavid Azuara Zúñiga of theNational Action Party (PAN).^[4][5]

Under the 2023 districting plan adopted by theNational Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the2024,2027 and2030 federal elections,^[6] the 5th district comprises 205electoral precincts (secciones electorales) in the western portion of the municipality ofSan Luis Potosí.^[7][a]

The city of San Luis Potosí, the state capital, serves as the district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied. The district reported a population of 457,904 in the 2020 Census.^[1]

2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022, the district comprised 198 precincts in the western portion of the municipality of San Luis Potosí.^[11][10]

2005–2017

Under the 2005 districting plan, the district covered 198 precincts in the west of the municipality of San Luis Potosí.^[12][13]

1996–2005

From 1996 to 2005, the district covered the north of the municipality of San Luis Potosí, including the northern portion of the state capital.^[14][13]

1978–1996

The districting scheme in force from 1978 to 1996 was the result of the1977 electoral reforms, which increased the number of single-member seats in the Chamber of Deputies from 196 to 300. Under that plan, San Luis Potosí's seat allocation rose from five to seven.^[8] The fifth district's head town was atCiudad Valles and it covered the municipalities of Ciudad Valles,Ébano,San Antonio,San Vicente Tancuayalab,Tampamolón,Tamuín andTanlajás in the east of the state.^[15]

National parties
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

San Luis Potosí's 5th district

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1916 [es]	Dionisio Zavala[16][17]		1916–1917	Constituent Congress of Querétaro
...
1979	Bonifacio Fernández Padilla[18]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Eusebio Ordaz Ortiz[19]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Alberto Magdaleno Mercado Araiza[20]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Fructuoso López Cárdenas[21]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Antonio Esper Bujaidar[22]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Fructuoso López Cárdenas[23]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Javier Algara Cossío[24]		1997–2000	57th Congress
2000	Beatriz Guadalupe Grande López[25]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	Marco Antonio Gama Basarte[26]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	Beatriz Eugenia García Reyes[27]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	César Octavio Pedroza Gaitán[28]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	Xavier Azuara Zúñiga[29]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	María de los Ángeles Rodríguez Aguirre[30]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018[31]	Josefina Salazar Báez [es][32]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021[33]	José Antonio Zapata Meraz [es][34]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024[4]	David Azuara Zúñiga[5]		2024–2027	66th Congress

San Luis Potosí's 5th district

Election	District won by	Party or coalition	%
2018[35]	Ricardo Anaya Cortés	Por México al Frente	37.4998
2024[36]	Bertha Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz	Fuerza y Corazón por México	46.1767

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