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
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: Ignacio López Tarso (PRI) 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)