# 8th federal electoral district of Oaxaca

The 8th federal electoral district of Oaxaca (Distrito electoral federal 08 de 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.

## District territory

Under the National Electoral Institute's 2022 districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the 8th district covers eight municipalities in the central part of the state. The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Oaxaca de Juárez.
With Indigenous and Afrodescendent inhabitants accounting for over 43% of its population, it is classified by the National Electoral Institute (INE) as an indigenous district.

## Previous districting schemes
### 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.

### 2005–2017

Between 2005 and 2017, the district's head town was at the city of Oaxaca and it comprised four municipalities.

### 1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2017, Oaxaca's seat allocation was increased to 11. Under the 1996 districting plan, the head town was moved to the city of Oaxaca.

### 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.

## Deputies returned to Congress

Eighth federal electoral district of Oaxaca :
| Election | Deputy | Party | Term | Legislature |
| 1916 [es] | None | | 1916–1917 | Constituent Congress of Querétaro |
| 1917 | Severiano Avendaño | | 1917–1918 | 27th Congress [es] |
| 1918 | Adalberto Lazcano Carrasco | | 1918–1920 | 28th Congress |
| 1920 | Adalberto Lazcano Carrasco | | 1920–1922 | 29th Congress |
| 1922 [es] | José Pérez Acevedo | PLCE | 1922–1924 | 30th Congress [es] |
| 1924 | Rafael E. Melgar | | 1924–1926 | 31st Congress |
| 1926 | Rafael E. Melgar | | 1926–1928 | 32nd Congress |
| 1928 | Rafael E. Melgar | PSO | 1928–1930 | 33rd Congress |
| 1930 | Alfonso Francisco Ramírez | | 1930–1932 | 34th Congress [es] |
| 1979 | Norberto Aguirre Palancares | | 1979–1982 | 51st Congress |
| 1982 | Pedro Salinas Guzmán | | 1982–1985 | 52nd Congress |
| 1985 | Oswaldo García Criollo | | 1985–1988 | 53rd Congress |
| 1988 | Cirila Sánchez Mendoza | | 1988–1991 | 54th Congress |
| 1991 | Nahum Ildefonso Zorrilla Cuevas | | 1991–1994 | 55th Congress |
| 1994 | Tomás Baños Baños | | 1994–1997 | 56th Congress |
| 1997 | Alfonso Gómez Sandoval | | 1997–2000 | 57th Congress |
| 2000 | Pablo Arnaud Carreño | | 2000–2003 | 58th Congress |
| 2003 | Javier Villacaña Jiménez | | 2003–2006 | 59th Congress |
| 2006 | José Luis Varela Lagunas | | 2006–2009 | 60th Congress |
| 2009 | Manuel de Esesarte Pesqueira | | 2009–2012 | 61st Congress |
| 2012 | Hugo Jarquín | | 2012–2015 | 62nd Congress |
| 2015 | Francisco Martínez Neri [es] | | 2015–2018 | 63rd Congress |
| 2018 | Benjamín Robles Montoya | | 2018–2021 | 64th Congress |
| 2021 | Benjamín Robles Montoya | | 2021–2024 | 65th Congress |
| 2024 | Raúl Bolaños Cacho Cué [es] | | 2024–2027 | 66th Congress |