The 8th federal electoral district of Jalisco () is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 20 such districts in the state of Jalisco.
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 current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Paola Milagros Espinosa Sánchez of the National Action Party (PAN).
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, Jalisco's 8th district covers 371 electoral precincts () in the western portion of the municipality of Guadalajara.
The head town (), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Guadalajara. The district reported a population of 417,878 in the 2020 census.
Previous districting schemes + Evolution of electoral district numbers 1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023 Jalisco 13 20 19 19 20 20 Chamber of Deputies 196 300Sources:
2017–2022 Jalisco regained its 20th congressional seat in the 2017 redistricting process. The 8th district's head town was at Guadalajara and it covered 333 precincts in the north-west of the municipality.
2005–2017 Under the 2005 plan, Jalisco had 19 districts. This district's head town was at Guadalajara and it covered 251 precincts in the centre and east of the municipality. The link contains maps of the 2005 and 1996 schemes.
1996–2005 In the 1996 scheme, under which Jalisco lost a single-member seat, the district had its head town at Guadalajara and it comprised 166 precincts in the north-west of the municipality.
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, Jalisco's seat allocation rose from 13 to 20. The 8th district's head town was at La Barca and it covered eight municipalities in the east of the state: Atotonilco el Alto, Ayo el Chico, Jamay, Ocotlán, Poncitlán, Tototlán, Zapotlán del Rey and La Barca.
Deputies returned to Congress
+ Jalisco's 8th district Election Deputy Party Term LegislatureRamón Castañeda y Castañeda1916–1917Constituent Congressof Querétaro ...1976Ricardo Pedro Chávez Pérez1976–197950th Congress1979Reyes Rodolfo Flores Zaragoza1979–198251st Congress1982Sergio M. Beas Pérez1982–198552nd Congress1985Reyes Rodolfo Flores Zaragoza1985–198853rd Congress19881988–199154th Congress1991Eliazar Ayala Rodríguez1991–199455th Congress1994Sofía Valencia Abundis1994–199756th Congress1997Mario Guillermo Haro Rodríguez1997–200057th Congress2000José Abraham Cisneros Gómez2000–200358th Congress2003Marisol Urrea Camarena2003–200659th Congress2006Miguel Ángel Monraz Ibarra2006–200960th Congress2009José Trinidad Padilla López2009–201261st Congress2012Leobardo Alcalá Padilla2012–201562nd Congress2015Verónica Delgadillo GarcíaVerónica Bermúdez Torres2015–2018201863rd Congress20182018–202164th Congress2021José Mauro Garza Marín2021–202465th Congress2024Paola Milagros Espinosa Sánchez2024–202766th Congress
Presidential elections + Jalisco's 8th district Election District won by Party or coalition % 2018Ricardo Anaya Cortés Por México al Frente41.62702024Bertha Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz Fuerza y Corazón por México53.5197
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