Eighth Federal Electoral District of the Federal District

The Eighth Federal Electoral District of the Federal District (VIII Distrito Electoral Federal del Distrito Federal) is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 27 such districts in the Federal District ("DF" or Mexico City).

District DF-VIII shaded blue

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

Under the 2005 districting scheme, the DF's Eighth District covers:

  • The borough (delegación) of Cuauhtémoc to the north and west of Paseo de la Reforma and Calzada de Guadalupe, and
  • The eastern section of the borough of Azcapotzalco.[1]

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the Eighth District covered the northern portion of Cuauhtémoc only.[2]

Deputies returned to Congress from this district
Parties
PAN
PRI
PRD
PT
PVEM
MC
PANAL
PSD

References and notes
  1. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado del Distrito Federal" (PDF). Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  2. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Distritación 1996 del Distrito Federal" (PDF). Retrieved 11 November 2008.

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