The Eighth Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua (VIII Distrito Electoral Federal de Chihuahua) is one of the 300 Electoral Districts

Federal Electoral Districts of Mexico

The Federal Electoral Districts of Mexico are the 300 constituencies or electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of federal elections. Each district returns one Federal Deputy, who sits in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Federal Congress...

 into which Mexico

Mexico

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 is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of nine such districts in the state

States of Mexico

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 of Chihuahua.

It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress

Congress of Mexico

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 for each three-year legislative period, by means of the first past the post

Plurality voting system

The plurality voting system is a single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member constituencies...

 system.

District territory

Under the 2005 districting scheme, Chihuahua's Eighth District comprises the eastern and northern portions of Chihuahua Municipality, including approximately one-half of the urban area of the city of Chihuahua

Chihuahua, Chihuahua

The city of Chihuahua is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It has a population of about 825,327. The predominant activity is industry, including domestic heavy, light industries, consumer goods production, and to a smaller extent maquiladoras.-History:It has been said that the...

. The other half of the city, and the rest of the municipality, is covered by the Sixth District

Sixth Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua

The Sixth Federal Electoral District of Chihuahua 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 nine such districts in the state of Chihuahua.It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each...

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The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Chihuahua

Chihuahua, Chihuahua

The city of Chihuahua is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It has a population of about 825,327. The predominant activity is industry, including domestic heavy, light industries, consumer goods production, and to a smaller extent maquiladoras.-History:It has been said that the...

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1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the Eighth District covered the southern portion of Chihuahua Municipality, the part south of the Río Chuvíscar.

1979–1996 district

Between 1979 and 1996, the Eighth District covered the urban area of Ciudad Juárez

Ciudad Juárez

Ciudad Juárez , officially known today as Heroica Ciudad Juárez, but abbreviated Juárez and formerly known as El Paso del Norte, is a city and seat of the municipality of Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Juárez's estimated population is 1.5 million people. The city lies on the Rio Grande...

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Deputies returned to Congress from this district

Parties

• LI Legislature
  • 1979–1982: Mario Legarreta Hernández (PRI)
• LII Legislature
  • 1982–1985: Dora Villegas Nájera (PRI)
• LIII Legislature
  • 1985–1988: Edeberto Galindo Martínez (PAN)
• LIV Legislature
  • 1988–1991: Saúl Flores Prieto (PAN)
• LV Legislature
  • 1991–1994: José Luis Canales de la Vega (PRI)
• LVI Legislature
  LVI Legislature of the Mexican Congress
  -Members of the LVI Legislature:# Dip. Aburto Torres Taide# Dip. Acebo Salman Jesús Guillermo# Dip. Aceves del Olmo Carlos Humberto# Dip. Aceves Hernández Pablo Pedro# Dip. Acosta Ruelas Miguel# Dip. Aguiar Ortega Gabriel# Dip. Aguilar Martínez José Luis...
  
  
  • 1994–1997: Héctor González Mocken (PRI)
• LVII Legislature
  LVII Legislature of the Mexican Congress
  The LVII Legislature of the Congress of Mexico met from 1997 to 2000....
  
  
  • 1997–2000: Francisco Martínez Ortega (PRI)
• LVIII Legislature
  LVIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress
  The LVIII Legislature of the Congress of Mexico met from September 1, 2000, to August 31, 2003. All members of the LVIII Legislature were elected in the elections of July 2000....
  
  
  • 2000–2002: José Mario Rodríguez Álvarez (PAN)
  • 2002–2003: Manuel Narváez Narváez (PAN)
• LIX Legislature
  LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress
  The LIX Legislature of the Congress of Mexico met from September 2003 to August 2006. All members of the lower house of the Congress were elected in the elections of July 2003 while members of the upper house were elected in the elections of July 2000.-Chamber of Deputies:-Senate of...
  
  
  • 2003–2004: Martha Laguette (PRI)
  • 2004: Kenny Arroyo González (PRI)
  • 2004–2006: Martha Laguette (PRI)
• LX Legislature
  LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress
  The LX Legislature of the Congress of Mexico is meeting from September 1, 2006, to September 1, 2009. All members of both the lower and upper houses of Congress were elected in the elections of July 2006.-Senators by state:-Plurinominal Senators:...
  
  
  • 2006–2009: Carlos Reyes López (PAN)