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
editVeracruz 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
editBetween 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
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| Current | |
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 | MC |
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| Defunct or local only | |
 | PLM |
 | PNR |
 | PRM |
 | PPS |
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.svg){kind=logo} | Convergencia |
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.svg){kind=logo} | PSD |
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Notes
edit- ^ 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021-2023" (PDF). Instituto Nacional Electoral. p. 270. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Descriptivo de la distritación federal: Veracruz, marzo 2017" (PDF). Cartografía. Instituto Nacional Electoral. March 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Perfil: Dip. Juan Nicolás Callejas Arroyo, LVIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Perfil: Dip. Gustavo Moreno Ramos, LIX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Perfil: Dip. Marcos Salas Contreras, LX Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Perfil: Dip. Silvio Lagos Galindo, LXI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Perfil: Dip. José Alejandro Montano Guzmán, LXII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Perfil: Dip. Adolfo Mota Hernández, LXIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Perfil: Dip. Claudia Tello Espinosa, LXIV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Perfil: Dip. Claudia Tello Espinosa, LXV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Veracruz Distrito 8. Las Trancas". Cómputos Distritales 2024. Instituto Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 14 July 2024.