8th federal electoral district of Coahuila

Coahuila's 8th
Electoral district of the
Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
  8th district since 2022
Incumbent
MemberHilda Magdalena Licerio Valdés
PartyEcologist Green Party
Congress66th (2024–2027)
District
StateCoahuila
Head townRamos Arizpe
Coordinates25°32′N 100°57′W / 25.533°N 100.950°W / 25.533; -100.950
CoversArteaga, General Cepeda, Matamoros, Parras de la Fuente, Ramos Arizpe, Viesca, Torreón (part)
RegionSecond
Precincts205
Population346,441 (2020 Census)

The 8th federal electoral district of Coahuila (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 08 de Coahuila) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which the territory of Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of the eight districts in the state of Coahuila.[1]

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 second region.[2][3]

It was created by the National Electoral Institute (INE) in its 2023 redistricting process[4] and elected its first deputy, to the 66th Congress, in the 2024 general election. The inaugural member for the district is Hilda Magdalena Licerio Valdés of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).[5][6]

District territory

Evolution of electoral district numbers
1974 1978 1996 2005 2017 2023
Coahuila 4 7 7 7 7 8
Chamber of Deputies 196 300
Sources: [1][7][8][9]

The 8th district is made up of 205 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across the municipalities of Arteaga, General Cepeda, Matamoros, Parras de la Fuente, Ramos Arizpe, Viesca and the south of Torreón. In it, there is an electoral registry of 251,491 people and a nominal list of 248,186 citizens.[4][10]

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Ramos Arizpe.[11] The district reported a population of 346,441 in the 2020 Census.[1]

Deputies returned to Congress

National parties
Current
PAN
PRI
PT
PVEM
MC
Morena
Defunct or local only
PLM
PNR
PRM
PNM
PP
PPS
PARM
PFCRN
Convergencia
PANAL
PSD
PES
PES
PRD
Coahuila's 8th district
Election Deputy Party Term Legislature
2024[5] Hilda Magdalena Licerio Valdés[6] 2024–2027 66th Congress

Presidential elections

Coahuila's 8th district
Election District won by Party or coalition %
2024[12] Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
Sigamos Haciendo Historia
59.1021

References

  1. ^ a b c "Memoria de la Distritación Nacional 2021–2023" (PDF). INE. p. 210. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  2. ^ "How Mexico Elects Its Leaders – The Rules". Mexico Solidarity Project. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Circunscripciones" (PDF). Ayuda 2021. INE. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Se crea el Distrito Federal Electoral 08 en Coahuila". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). 5 September 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Diputaciones: Coahuila. Distrito 8. Ramos Arizpe". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Perfil: Dip. Hilda Magdalena Licerio Valdés, LXVI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  7. ^ González Casanova, Pablo (1993). Las Elecciones en México: evolución y perspectivas (3 ed.). Siglo XXI. p. 219. ISBN 9789682313219. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  8. ^ Baños Martínez, Marco Antonio; Palacios Mora, Celia (2014). "Evolución territorial de los distritos electorales federales uninominales, 1977–2010" [Territorial evolution of the federal uninominal electoral districts, 1977–2010]. Investigaciones Geográficas (84). Mexico City: Instituto de Geografía, UNAM: 92. doi:10.14350/rig.34063. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral por el que se aprueba la demarcación territorial de los 300 distritos electorales federales uninominales" (PDF). Repositorio Documental. INE. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Acuerdo del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral por el que se aprueba el proyecto de la demarcación territorial de los trescientos distritos electorales federales uninominales". Diario Oficial de la Federación. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  11. ^ "Cuáles son los 8 distritos federales en Coahuila y cuál me toca". Telediario Saltillo. 27 February 2024. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Presidencia: Coahuila. Distrito 8. Ramos Arizpe". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 23 June 2025.