Eighth federal electoral district of Chihuahua explained

The eighth federal electoral district of Chihuahua (Distrito electoral federal 08 de Chihuahua) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies, and one of nine such districts currently operating in the state of Chihuahua.[1]

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]

The eighth district was created as part of the 1977 electoral reforms. Under the 1975 districting plan, Chihuahua had only six congressional districts;[4] under the 1977 reforms, the number increased to ten.[5] The newly created eighth district elected its first deputy in the 1979 mid-term election.

District territory

Under the 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,[6] the eighth district covers the southern part of the municipality of Chihuahua and the eastern part of the city of Chihuahua.[1] [7]

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Chihuahua.[1] [7]

Previous districting schemes

2017–2022 Between 2017–2022 the eighth district covered the east and south of the city of Chihuahua and the south of the municipality of Chihuahua.[8]
2005–2017 Under the 2005 districting scheme, the eighth district comprised the eastern and northern portions of the municipality of Chihuahua, including approximately one-half of the urban area of the city of Chihuahua. The head town was the city of Chihuahua. The other half of the city, and the rest of the municipality, was covered by the sixth district.[9] [10]
1996–2005 Chihuahua lost its tenth district in the 1996 redistricting process. Between 1996 and 2005, the eighth district covered the southern portion of the municipality of Chihuahua, the part south of the Río Chuvíscar.[10]
1978–1996The 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, Chihuahua's seat allocation rose from six to ten.[4] The new eighth district covered the urban area of Ciudad Juárez in the north of the state.[11]

Deputies returned to Congress

Deputy !!class="unsortable"
Party !Term Legislature
1979Mario Legarreta Hernández[12] 1979–198251st Congress
1982[13] 1982–198552nd Congress
1985[14] 1985–198853rd Congress
1988[15] 1988–199154th Congress
1991José Luis Canales de la Vega[16] 1991–199455th Congress
1994Héctor González Mocken[17] 1994–199756th Congress
1997Francisco Martínez Ortega[18] 1997–200057th Congress
2000José Mario Rodríguez Álvarez[19]
[20] 		2000–2001
2001–2003		58th Congress
2003Martha Laguette[21]
Kenny Arroyo González[22]
Martha Laguette		2003–2004
2004
2004–2006		59th Congress
2006Carlos Reyes López[23] 2006–200960th Congress
2009Alejandro Cano Ricaud[24] 2009–201261st Congress
2012Pedro Ignacio Domínguez Zepeda[25] 2012–201562nd Congress
2015[26] 2015–201863rd Congress
2018[27] 2018–202164th Congress
2021[28] 2021–202465th Congress
2024[29] [30] 2024–202766th Congress

Results

The corresponding page on the Spanish-language Wikipedia contains full electoral results from 1979 to 2021.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021–2023 . . 217 . 23 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240528223340/https://cartografia.ife.org.mx/documentacion/memoria-de-la-distritacion-nacional21_23.pdf . 28 May 2024.
  2. Web site: How Mexico Elects Its Leaders — The Rules . Mexico Solidarity Project . 20 July 2024 . 31 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral por el que se aprueba la demarcación territorial de las cinco circunscripciones electorales plurinominales federales en que se divide el país . . . 23 August 2024 . 27 February 2023.
  4. Book: González Casanova . Pablo . Pablo González Casanova . Las Elecciones en México: evolución y perspectivas . 1993 . Siglo XXI . 9789682313219 . 3 . 219 . 24 August 2024.
  5. Evolución territorial de los distritos electorales federales uninominales, 1977–2010 . Baños Martínez . Marco Antonio . Palacios Mora . Celia . Territorial evolution of the federal uninominal electoral districts, 1977–2010 . Investigaciones Geográficas . . Mexico City . 2014 . 84 . 92 . 10.14350/rig.34063 . 24 August 2024.
  6. News: De la Rosa . Yared . Nueva distritación electoral le quita diputados a la CDMX y le agrega a Nuevo León . 29 May 2024 . Forbes México . 20 February 2023.
  7. News: Así será la distribución de los Distritos Electorales Federales en Chihuahua . 28 June 2024 . El Heraldo de Chihuahua . 5 March 2024.
  8. Web site: Distritación federal escenario final: Chihuahua 2017 . 19 March 2017 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20181228082823/http://cartografia.ife.org.mx//descargas/distritacion2017/federal/08/mapa.pdf . 28 December 2018.
  9. Web site: Condensado de Chihuahua . 9 November 2008 . . 18 November 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081118234125/http://www.ife.org.mx/documentos/DISTRITOS/PDF_CES/PDF_CES_CHIH.pdf . dead .
  10. Web site: Condensado estatal de Chihuahua: Distritación 1996–2005 . 22 August 2024 . . 19 November 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081119000507/http://www.ife.org.mx/documentos/DISTRITOS/pdf/PLANOS/08_COMP_090205.pdf . dead. The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes.
  11. Web site: Chihuahua . División del Territorio de la República en 300 Distritos Electorales Uninominales para Elecciones Federales . . 23 August 2024 . 14 . 29 May 1978. The link provides a detailed description of the district's coverage within the city.
  12. Web site: Legislatura 51 . . 23 August 2024.
  13. Web site: Legislatura 52 . . 23 August 2024.
  14. Web site: Legislatura 53 . . 23 August 2024.
  15. Web site: Legislatura 54 . . 23 August 2024.
  16. Web site: Legislatura 55 . . 23 August 2024.
  17. Web site: Legislatura 56 . . 23 August 2024.
  18. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Jesús Francisco Martínez Ortega, LVII Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 23 August 2024.
  19. Web site: Perfil: Dip. José Mario Rodríguez Álvarez, LVIII Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 23 August 2024.
  20. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Manuel Arturo Narváez Narváez, LVIII Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 23 August 2024.
  21. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Ma. Martha Celestina Eva Laguette Lardizábal, LIX Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 23 August 2024.
  22. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Kenny Denisse Arroyo González, LIX Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 23 August 2024.
  23. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Carlos Armando Reyes López, LX Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 23 August 2024.
  24. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Alejandro Cano Ricaud, LXI Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 28 June 2024.
  25. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Pedro Ignacio Domínguez Zepeda, LXII Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 23 August 2024.
  26. Web site: Perfil: Dip. César Alejandro Domínguez Domínguez, LXIII Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 23 August 2024.
  27. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Alan Jesús Falomir Sáenz, LXIV Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 23 August 2024.
  28. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Carmen Rocío González Alonso, LXV Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 23 August 2024.
  29. Web site: Chihuahua Distrito 8. Chihuahua . Cómputos Distritales 2024 . . 28 June 2024.
  30. Web site: Perfil: Dip. César Alejandro Domínguez Domínguez, LXVI Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 4 September 2024 .

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