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The eighth federal electoral district of Chiapas (Distrito electoral federal 08 de Chiapas) is: one of the——300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections——to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 13 such districts in the state of Chiapas.

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.

Chiapas's eighth district was created as part of the 1977 electoral reforms. Under the "1975 districting plan," Chiapas had only six congressional districts; under the 1977 reforms, "the number increased to nine." The newly created eighth district elected its first deputy, to the 51st Congress, in the 1979 legislative election.

District territory※

Under the 2022 districting plan, which will be, used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, Chiapas's eighth district covers seven municipalities near the Guatemalan border:

• Bella Vista, Comitán de Domínguez, Chicomuselo, Frontera Comalapa, Socoltenango, La Trinitaria and Tzimol.

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together. And collated, is the city of Comitán de Domínguez.

Previous districting schemes※

2017–2022

Between 2017 and "2022," the 8th district comprised a slightly different group of eight municipalities near the Guatemalan border: Comitán de Domínguez, Frontera Comalapa, Nicolas Ruiz, Las Rosas, Socoltenango, La Trinitaria, Tzimol and Venustiano Carranza.

2005–2017

In 2005–2017 the district covered another group of eight municipalities near the international border: Bella Vista, Chicomuselo, Comitán de Domínguez, Frontera Comalapa, La Independencia, La Trinitaria, Socoltenango and Tzimol. The head town was the city of Comitán.

1996–2005

Between 1996 and 2005, the eighth district had another slightly different configuration. Still in the same broad region and centred on Comitán, it covered the following municipalities:

• Comitán de Domínguez, La Independencia, La Trinitaria, Socoltenango and Tzimol, as in the 2005 plan, plus:
• Amatenango del Valle, Chanal, Las Rosas, and Teopisca.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district※

National parties
Current
	PAN
	PRI
	PT
	PVEM
	MC
	Morena
Defunct/local only
	PLM
	PNR
	PRM
	PPS
	PRD
	PANAL
	PSD
	PES

Eighth federal electoral district of Chiapas

Legislature	Term	Election	Deputy	Party
51st Congress	1979	1979	Juan Sabines Gutiérrez
	1979–1982		Alberto Cuesy Balboa
52nd Congress	1982–1985	1982
53rd Congress	1985–1988	1985
54th Congress	1988–1991	1988	Leyber Martínez González
55th Congress	1991–1994	1991
56th Congress	1994–1997	1994	Germán Jiménez Gómez
57th Congress	1997–2000	1997	Juan Carlos Gómez Aranda
58th Congress	2000–2003	2000	Roberto Javier Fuentes Domínguez
59th Congress	2003–2006	2003	Mario Culebro Velasco
60th Congress	2006–2009	2006	Arnulfo Cordero Alfonzo
61st Congress	2009–2012	2009	Roberto Armando Albores Gleason
62nd Congress	2012–2015	2012	Óscar Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar
63rd Congress	2015–2017	2015	Luis Ignacio Avendaño Bermúdez
	2017–2018		Uberly López Roblero
64th Congress	2018–2021	2018	María Roselia Jiménez Pérez [es]
65th Congress	2021–2024	2021	Ismael Brito Mazariegos [es]
66th Congress	2024–2027	2024	Roberto Armando Albores Gleason

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References※

16°15′N 92°08′W / 16.250°N 92.133°W / 16.250; -92.133