The 8th federal electoral district of Oaxaca () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 10 such districts in the state of Oaxaca.
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. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the third region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Raúl Bolaños Cacho Cué of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).
District territory Under the 2023 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the 8th district covers 216 precincts () across eight municipalities in the central part of the state. The link provides a complete list of the municipalities covered.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Oaxaca de Juárez. The district reported a population of 430,659 in the 2020 census and, with Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 43% of that total, it is classified by the INE as an indigenous district.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Oaxaca 9 10 11 11 10 10 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
2017–2022 Oaxaca's 11th district was dissolved in the 2017 redistricting process. Under the 2017 to 2022 scheme, the 8th district had its head town at the city of Oaxaca and it covered seven municipalities. The link provides a complete list of the municipalities covered.
2005–2017 Between 2005 and 2017, the district's head town was at the city of Oaxaca and it comprised four municipalities. The link provides a complete list of the municipalities covered. The link contains comparative maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes.
1996–2005 Between 1996 and 2017, Oaxaca's seat allocation was increased to 11. Under the 1996 districting plan, the head town was at the city of Oaxaca and it covered 24 municipalities. The link provides a complete list of the municipalities covered.
1978–1996 The 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, Oaxaca's seat allocation rose from nine to ten. The 8th district had its head town at Santiago Pinotepa Nacional in the state's Costa Chica region. The link provides a complete list of the many municipalities the district covered.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Oaxaca's 8th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureNone1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro1917Severiano Avendaño1917–19181918Adalberto Lazcano Carrasco1918–192028th Congress 1920Adalberto Lazcano Carrasco 1920–192229th CongressJosé Pérez AcevedoPLCE1922–19241924Rafael E. Melgar1924–192631st Congress1926Rafael E. Melgar1926–192832nd Congress1928Rafael E. MelgarPSO1928–193033rd Congress1930Alfonso Francisco Ramírez1930–1932 ... 1979Norberto Aguirre Palancares1979–198251st Congress1982Pedro Salinas Guzmán1982–198552nd Congress1985Oswaldo García Criollo1985–198853rd Congress1988Cirila Sánchez Mendoza1988–199154th Congress1991Nahum Ildefonso Zorrilla Cuevas1991–199455th Congress1994Tomás Baños Baños1994–199756th Congress1997Alfonso Gómez Sandoval1997–200057th Congress2000Pablo Arnaud Carreño2000–200358th Congress2003Javier Villacaña Jiménez2003–200659th Congress2006José Luis Varela Lagunas2006–200960th Congress2009Manuel de Esesarte Pesqueira2009–201261st Congress2012Hugo Jarquín2012–201562nd Congress2015 2015–201863rd Congress2018Benjamín Robles Montoya2018–202164th Congress2021Benjamín Robles Montoya2021–202465th Congress2024Raúl Bolaños Cacho Cué2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Oaxaca's 8th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 67.82722024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 63.7407
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