Eighth federal electoral district of Chiapas

Federal electoral districts of Chiapas since 2022

Chiapas under the 2017–2022 districting scheme

2005–2017 eighth district shaded blue

The eighth federal electoral district of Chiapas(Distrito electoral federal 08 de Chiapas) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 13 such districts in the state of Chiapas.

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 this district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the third region. ^{[1] [2]}

Chiapas's eighth district was created as part of the 1977 electoral reforms. Under the 1975 districting plan, Chiapas had only six congressional districts; ^[3] under the 1977 reforms, the number increased to nine. ^[4] The newly created eighth district elected its first deputy, to the 51st Congress, in the 1979 legislative election.

District territory

Under the 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, ^[5] Chiapas's eighth district covers seven municipalities near the Guatemalan border:

• Bella Vista, Comitán de Domínguez, Chicomuselo, Frontera Comalapa, Socoltenango, La Trinitaria and Tzimol. ^[6]

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Comitán de Domínguez. ^[7]

Previous districting schemes

2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022, the 8th district comprised a slightly different group of eight municipalities near the Guatemalan border: Comitán de Domínguez, Frontera Comalapa, Nicolas Ruiz, Las Rosas, Socoltenango, La Trinitaria, Tzimol and Venustiano Carranza. ^[8]

2005–2017

In 2005–2017 the district covered another group of eight municipalities near the international border: Bella Vista, Chicomuselo, Comitán de Domínguez, Frontera Comalapa, La Independencia, La Trinitaria, Socoltenango and Tzimol. The head town was the city of Comitán. ^[9]

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, the eighth district had another slightly different configuration. Still in the same broad region and centred on Comitán, it covered the following municipalities:

• Comitán de Domínguez, La Independencia, La Trinitaria, Socoltenango and Tzimol, as in the 2005 plan, plus:
• Amatenango del Valle, Chanal, Las Rosas, and Teopisca. ^[10]

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, Chiapas's seat allocation rose from six to nine. ^[11] The new eighth district had its head town at Tonalá and it covered six municipalities. ^[12]

Deputies returned to Congress

National parties
Current
	PAN
	PRI
	PT
	PVEM
	MC
	Morena
Defunct or local only
	PLM
	PNR
	PRM
	PPS
	PARM
	PFCRN
	Convergencia
	PANAL
	PSD
	PES
	PRD

Eighth federal electoral district of Chiapas

Election	Deputy	Party	Legislature	Term
1979	Juan Sabines Gutiérrez [13] Alberto Cuesy Balboa		51st Congress	1979 1979–1982
1982	Germán Jiménez Gómez [14]		52nd Congress	1982–1985
1985	Óscar Ochoa Zepeda [15]		53rd Congress	1985–1988
1988	Leyber Martínez González [16]		54th Congress	1988–1991
1991	Ricardo López Gómez [17]		55th Congress	1991–1994
1994	Germán Jiménez Gómez [18]		56th Congress	1994–1997
1997	Juan Carlos Gómez Aranda [19]		57th Congress	1997–2000
2000	Roberto Javier Fuentes Domínguez [20]		58th Congress	2000–2003
2003	Mario Culebro Velasco [21]		59th Congress	2003–2006
2006	Arnulfo Cordero Alfonzo [22]		60th Congress	2006–2009
2009	Roberto Armando Albores Gleason [23]		61st Congress	2009–2012
2012	Óscar Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar [24]		62nd Congress	2012–2015
2015	Luis Ignacio Avendaño Bermúdez [25] Uberly López Roblero [26]		63rd Congress	2015–2017 2017–2018
2018	María Roselia Jiménez Pérez  [ es ] [27]		64th Congress	2018–2021
2021	Ismael Brito Mazariegos  [ es ] [28]		65th Congress	2021–2024
2024	Roberto Armando Albores Gleason [29]		66th Congress	2024–2027

References

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