Eighth federal electoral district of Veracruz
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.[a]
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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 | |
.svg){kind=logo} | PAN |
.svg){kind=logo} | PRI |
.svg){kind=logo} | PT |
.svg){kind=logo} | PVEM |
 | MC |
.svg){kind=logo} | Morena |
| Defunct or local only | |
 | PLM |
 | PNR |
 | PRM |
 | PPS |
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.svg){kind=logo} | Convergencia |
.svg){kind=small} | PANAL |
.svg){kind=logo} | PSD |
.svg){kind=small} | PES |
| Legislature | Term | Election | Deputy | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49th Congress | 1973–1976 | 1973 | Lilia Berthely Jiménez |  |
| 50th Congress | 1976–1979 | 1976 | Celeste Castillo Moreno | |
| 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[12] |  |
| 65th Congress | 2021–2024 | 2021 | Claudia Tello Espinosa[13] | |
| 66th Congress | 2024–2027 | 2024 | Jorge Alberto Mier Acolt[14] | |