# 8th federal electoral district of Michoacán

The 8th federal electoral district of Michoacán (Distrito electoral federal 08 de Michoacán) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of eleven such districts in the state of Michoacán.
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 fifth region.

## District territory

Michoacán lost its 12th district in the National Electoral Institute's 2022 redistricting process. Under the new districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the 8th district covers 169 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) in the north-west sector of the municipality of Morelia. 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 Morelia.

## Previous districting schemes
### 2017–2022

Between 2017 and 2022, the district's head town was at Morelia and it comprised 130 precincts in the north-west of the municipality of Morelia.

### 2005–2017

Under the 2005 districting plan, Michoacán lost its 13th district. The 8th district's head town was at Morelia and it covered 145 precincts in the north and west of the municipality.

### 1996–2005

Under the 1996 districting plan, the district's head town was at Morelia and it covered the northern portion 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 the reforms, Michoacán's allocation rose from 9 to 13. The 8th district's head town was at Zitácuaro and it was composed of nine municipalities in the east of the state:
* Angangueo, Aporo, Contepec, Epitacio Huerta, Maravatío, Ocampo, Senguio, Tlalpujahua and Zitácuaro.

## Deputies returned to Congress

Eighth federal electoral district of Michoacán :
| Election | Deputy | Term | Legislature |
| 1916 [es] | Pascual Ortiz Rubio Manuel Martínez Solórzano | 1916–1917 | Constituent Congress of Querétaro |
| 1973 | Francisco Valdez Zaragoza | 1973–1976 | 49th Congress |
| 1976 | Héctor Terán Torres | 1976–1979 | 50th Congress |
| 1979 | Luis Coq Guichard | 1979–1982 | 51st Congress |
| 1982 | Ignacio Olvera Quintero | 1982–1985 | 52nd Congress |
| 1985 | Abimael López Castillo | 1985–1988 | 53rd Congress |
| 1988 | Hiram Rivera Teja | 1988–1991 | 54th Congress |
| 1991 | José Ascención Orihuela Bárcenas | 1991–1994 | 55th Congress |
| 1994 | Fernando Orihuela Carmona | 1994–1997 | 56th Congress |
| 1997 | Juan Antonio Prats García | 1997–2000 | 57th Congress |
| 2000 | Sergio Acosta Salazar | 2000–2003 | 58th Congress |
| 2003 | Ana Lilia Guillén Quiroz | 2003–2006 | 59th Congress |
| 2006 | Daniel Chávez García Susana Sarahí Carrasco Cárdenas | 2006–2009 2009 | 60th Congress |
| 2009 | Alfonso Martínez Alcázar Iridia Salazar Blanco | 2009–2011 2011–2012 | 61st Congress |
| 2012 | Eligio Cuitláhuac González Farías | 2012–2015 | 62nd Congress |
| 2015 | Marco Polo Aguirre Chávez [es] Fernando Castro Ventura | 2015–2018 2018 | 63rd Congress |
| 2018 | Ana Lilia Guillén Quiroz | 2018–2021 | 64th Congress |
| 2021 | Roberto Carlos López García | 2021–2024 | 65th Congress |
| 2024 | Ernesto Núñez Aguilar | 2024–2027 | 66th Congress |