Eighth federal electoral district of Mexico City

District DF-VIII shaded blue

The Eighth Federal Electoral District of the Federal District (VIII Distrito Electoral Federal del Distrito Federal) is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 27 such districts in the Federal District ("DF" or Mexico City).

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.

District territory

Under the 2005 districting scheme, the DF's Eighth District covers:

• The borough (delegación) of Cuauhtémoc to the north and west of Paseo de la Reforma and Calzada de Guadalupe, and
• The eastern section of the borough of Azcapotzalco.

Previous districting schemes

1996–2005 district

Between 1996 and 2005, the Eighth District covered the northern portion of Cuauhtémoc only.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

National parties
Current
	PAN
	PRI
	PT
	PVEM
	MC
	Morena
Defunct or local only
	PLM
	PNR
	PRM
	PP
	PPS
	PARM
	PFCRN
	Convergencia
	PANAL
	PSD
	PES
	PRD

• LI Legislature
  • 1979–1982: Julio César Mena Brito (PRI)
• LII Legislature
  • 1982–1985: Lidia Camarena Adame (PRI)
• LIII Legislature
  • 1985–1988:
• LIV Legislature
  • 1988–1991:
• LV Legislature
  • 1991–1994:
• LVI Legislature
  • 1994–1997: Jesús Rodríguez y Rodríguez (PRI)
• LVII Legislature
  • 1997–2000: Dolores Padierna (PRD)
• LVIII Legislature
  • 2000–2003: Mario Huerta Díaz (PVEM)
• LIX Legislature
  • 2003–2006: Dolores Padierna (PRD)
• LX Legislature
  • 2006–2009: Armando Barreiro Pérez (PRD)