The 8th federal electoral district of Puebla () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 16 such districts in the state of Puebla.
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 fourth region.
The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Carlos Ignacio Mier Bañuelos of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
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, Puebla's congressional seat allocation rose from 15 to 16. The 8th district is situated in the east of Puebla and covers 138 electoral precincts () across 12 of the state's municipalities:
Acatzingo, Aljojuca, Atzitzintla, Chalchicomula de Sesma, Esperanza, General Felipe Ángeles, Palmar de Bravo, Quecholac, San Juan Atenco, San Salvador Huixcolotla, Tecamachalco and Yehualtepec.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is Ciudad Serdán, the municipal seat of Chalchicomula. The district reported a population of 403,021 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Puebla 10 14 15 16 15 16 Chamber of Deputies 196 300 Sources:
2017–2022 From 2017 to 2022, when Puebla was assigned 15 congressional seats, the district's head town was at Ciudad Serdán and it covered 22 municipalities: Aljojuca, Atzintzintla, Cuyoaco, Chalchicomula de Sesma, Chichiquila, Chilchotla, Esperanza, Guadalupe Victoria, Lafragua, Libres, Mazapiltepec de Juárez, Ocotepec, Oriental, Quimixtlán, Rafael Lara Grajales, San José Chiapa, San Juan Atenco, San Nicolás Buenos Aires, San Salvador el Seco, Tepeyahualco, Tlachichuca and Xiutetelco.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, the district was one of 16 in Puebla. Its head town was at Ciudad Serdán and it covered 13 municipalities: The link contains maps of the 1996 and 2005 schemes. Aljojuca, Atzintzintla, Chalchicomula de Sesma, Esperanza, General Felipe Ángeles, Palmar de Bravo, Quecholac, San Juan Atenco, Tecamachalco, Tlachichuca, Tochtepec, Xochitlán Todos Santos and Yehualtepec.
1996–2005 Between 1996 and 2005, Puebla had 15 districts. The 8th covered 15 municipalities, with its head town at Ciudad Serdán. The link contains a 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, Puebla's seat allocation rose from 10 to 14. The 8th district's head town was at Teziutlán in the east of the state and it comprised 14`municipalities. The link contains a list of the municipalities covered.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Puebla's 8th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureJosé Rivera1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1979Guillermo Melgarejo Palafox1979–198251st Congress1982Jaime Alcántara Silva1982–198552nd Congress1985Darío Maldonado Casiano1985–198853rd Congress1988Rafael Campos López1988–199154th Congress1991Jaime Olivares Pedro1991–199455th Congress1994Lidia Zarrazaga MolinaMáximo Cagigal Manilla1994–19951995–199756th Congress1997Moisés Ignacio Mier Velazco1997–200057th Congress2000Jaime Alcántara Silva2000–200358th Congress2003Rafael Moreno Valle RosasJosé López Medina2003–20042004–200659th Congress2006Antonio Vasconcelos Rueda2006–200960th Congress2009Fernando Morales Martínez2009–201261st Congress2012Ana Isabel Allende Cano2012–201562nd Congress2015Lilia Arminda García Escobar2015–201863rd Congress2018Julieta Kristal Vences Valencia2018–202164th Congress2021Odette Nayeri Almazán Múñoz2021–202465th Congress2024Carlos Ignacio Mier Bañuelos2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Puebla's 8th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Andrés Manuel López Obrador Juntos Haremos Historia 47.01732024Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Sigamos Haciendo Historia 72.2473
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