The 1st federal electoral district of San Luis Potosí () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which

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is divided for elections to the federal

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and one of seven such districts in the

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. It elects one

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to the lower house of

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for each three-year legislative session by means of the

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system. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the second region. The current member for the district, elected in the

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, is Aremy Velazco Bautista of the

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(Morena).

District territory

Under the 2023 districting plan adopted by the

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(INE), which is to be used for the

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and

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federal elections, the first district is situated in the north and west of the state, along the border with Nuevo León, Zacatecas and Guanajuato. It covers 340

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s () across 15 of the state's municipalities: *

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Catorce Catorce is a municipality in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí in central Mexico. The municipal seat is the '' pueblo mágico'' of Real de Catorce Real de Catorce (; meaning: '' Real unit of currencyof Fourteen''), often shortened to Real, ...

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, Charcas,

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, Salinas,

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, Venado, Villa de Arriaga, Villa de Guadalupe,

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and

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. The district's head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of

. The district reported a population of 381,815 in the 2020 Census.

Previous districting schemes

2017–2022 :Between 2017 and 2022, the district comprised 14 municipalities in the state's north and north-west: the same group as in the 2023 plan except for Villa de Arriaga. Matehuala served as the head town. 2005–2017 :Under the 2005 plan, the district comprised the same 14 municipalities as in the 2017 scheme. Matehuala served as the head town. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes. 1996–2005 :From 1996 to 2005, the district covered 14 municipalities: Catorce, Cedral, Charcas, Guadalcázar, Matehuala, Moctezuma, Salinas, Santo Domingo, Vanegas, Venado, Villa de Arista, Villa de Guadalupe, Villa de la Paz and Villa de Ramos. Matehuala served as the head town. 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, San Luis Potosí's seat allocation rose from five to seven. The first district covered a part of the state capital, the city of

. The link contains a precise description of the urban area covered.

Deputies returned to Congress

Presidential elections

References

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