Eighth federal electoral district of Veracruz

Federal electoral districts of Veracruz since 2022

Veracruz under the 2017–2022 districting plan

The eighth federal electoral district of Veracruz(Distrito electoral federal 08 de Veracruz) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 19 such districts in the state of Veracruz. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

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.

District territory

Veracruz lost a congressional district in the 2022 redistricting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 elections. ^[2] The reconfigured eighth district covers 22 municipalities to the east of the state capital, Xalapa: ^[3]

• Acatlán, Actopan, Alto Lucero de Gutiérrez Barrios, Apazapan, Chiconquiaco, Colipa, Emiliano Zapata, Jalcomulco, Juchique de Ferrer, La Antigua, Landero y Coss, Miahuatlán, Naolinco, Paso de Ovejas, Puente Nacional, Tenampa, Tlaltetela, Tonayán, Totutla, Vega de Alatorre, Yecuatla and Úrsulo Galván.

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is Las Trancas (a south-eastern suburb of Xalapa). ^[4]

Previous districting scheme

Between 2017 and 2022, the 8th district comprised 22 municipalities in broadly the same region of the state:

• Acatlán, Actopan, Alto Lucero de Gutierrez Barrios, Apazapan, Chiconquiaco, Emiliano Zapata, Jalcomulco, Juchique de Ferrer, La Antigua, Landero y Coss, Miahuatlán, Naolinco, Puente Nacional, Tenampa, Tepetlán, Tlacotepec de Mejía, Tlaltetela, Tonayán, Totutla, Úrsulo Galván, Xalapa (partial, split with the 10th district) and Yecuatla.

Its head town was at Xalapa. ^[5]

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

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

Eighth federal electoral district of Veracruz

Legislature	Term	Election	Deputy	Party
49th Congress	1973–1976	1973	Lilia Berthely Jiménez  [ es ]
50th Congress	1976–1979	1976	Celeste Castillo Moreno  [ es ]
51st Congress	1979–1982	1979	Hesiquio Aguilar de la Parra
52nd Congress	1982–1985	1982	José Nassar Tenorio
53rd Congress	1985–1988	1985	María Aurora Munguía Archundia
54th Congress	1988–1991	1988	Fernando Córdoba Lobo
55th Congress	1991–1994	1991	Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares Paola Velázquez
56th Congress	1994–1997	1994	Felipe Amadeo Flores Espinoza
57th Congress	1997–2000	1997	Félix Hadad Aparicio
58th Congress	2000–2003	2000	Juan Nicolás Callejas Arroyo [6]
59th Congress	2003–2006	2003	Gustavo Moreno Ramos [7]
60th Congress	2006–2009	2006	Marcos Salas Contreras [8]
61st Congress	2009–2012	2009	Silvio Lagos Galindo [9]
62nd Congress	2012–2015	2012	José Alejandro Montano Guzmán [10]
63rd Congress	2015–2018	2015	Adolfo Mota Hernández [11]
64th Congress	2018–2021	2018	Claudia Tello Espinosa  [ es ] [12]
65th Congress	2021–2024	2021	Claudia Tello Espinosa  [ es ] [13]
66th Congress	2024–2027	2024	Jorge Alberto Mier Acolt [14]

Notes

1. Because of demographic change, Veracruz currently has four fewer districts than the 23 the state was allocated under the 1977 electoral reforms that set the national total at 300. ^[1]

References

1. Baños Martínez, Marco Antonio; Palacios Mora, Celia (2014). "Evolución territorial de los distritos electorales federales uninominales, 1977–2010" [Territorial evolution of the federal uninominal electoral districts, 1977–2010]. Investigaciones Geográficas (84). Mexico City: Instituto de Geografía, UNAM: 92. doi:10.14350/rig.34063 . Retrieved 12 July 2024.
2. De la Rosa, Yared (20 February 2023). "Nueva distritación electoral le quita diputados a la CDMX y le agrega a Nuevo León". Forbes México. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
3. De Luna, Francisco (1 August 2023). "Rumbo a 2024: la nueva distritación federal en Veracruz a partir de septiembre". e-consulta.com Veracruz. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
4. "Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021-2023" (PDF). Instituto Nacional Electoral. p. 270. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
5. "Descriptivo de la distritación federal: Veracruz, marzo 2017" (PDF). Cartografía. Instituto Nacional Electoral. March 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
6. "Perfil: Dip. Juan Nicolás Callejas Arroyo, LVIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 14 July 2024.
7. "Perfil: Dip. Gustavo Moreno Ramos, LIX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 14 July 2024.
8. "Perfil: Dip. Marcos Salas Contreras, LX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 14 July 2024.
9. "Perfil: Dip. Silvio Lagos Galindo, LXI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 14 July 2024.
10. "Perfil: Dip. José Alejandro Montano Guzmán, LXII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 14 July 2024.
11. "Perfil: Dip. Adolfo Mota Hernández, LXIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 14 July 2024.
12. "Perfil: Dip. Claudia Tello Espinosa, LXIV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 14 July 2024.
13. "Perfil: Dip. Claudia Tello Espinosa, LXV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB . Retrieved 14 July 2024.
14. "Veracruz Distrito 8. Las Trancas". Cómputos Distritales 2024. Instituto Nacional Electoral . Retrieved 14 July 2024.

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