The 8th federal electoral district of Baja California () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of nine such districts in the state of Baja California.
It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative session 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 first region.
The 8th district was created by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) in its 2005 redistricting process and was first contested in the 2006 general election. The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
District territory In its 2023 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the National Electoral Institute (INE) increased Baja California's seat allocation from eight to nine. The 8th district covers 229 precincts () in the south of the urban core of the municipality of Tijuana.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Tijuana. The district reported a population of 429,514 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Baja California 3 6 6 8 8 9 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
2017–2022 Between 2017 and 2022, the 8th district covered 249 precincts in the south of the urban core of the municipality of Tijuana. The head town was at Tijuana.
2005–2017 From 2005 to 2017, the district comprised the rural portion of the municipality of Tijuana, together with the neighbouring municipality of Playas del Rosarito. The link contains comparative maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Baja California's 8th district Election Deputy Party Term Legislature2006Mirna Cecilia Rincón Vargas2006–200960th Congress2009Óscar Martín Arce Paniagua2009–201261st Congress2012Mayra Karina Robles Aguirre2012–201562nd Congress2015Jacqueline Nava Mouett2015–201863rd Congress2018Héctor René Cruz Aparicio2018–202164th Congress20212021–202465th Congress20242024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Baja California's 8th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 70.61822024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 74.2527
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