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 first region.[2][3]
In its 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the National Electoral Institute (INE) increased Baja California's seat allocation from eight to nine.[7] The 8th district covers 229 precincts (secciones electorales) in the south of the urban core of the municipality of Tijuana.[8][a]
The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Tijuana. The district reported a population of 429,514 in the 2020 Census.[1]
Between 2017 and 2022, the 8th district covered 249 precincts in the south of the urban core of the municipality of Tijuana. The head town was at Tijuana.[10][11]
2005–2017
From 2005 to 2017, the district comprised the rural portion of the municipality of Tijuana, together with the neighbouring municipality of Playas del Rosarito.[12][13]
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