8th federal electoral district of Michoacán

Michoacán's federal electoral districts since 2023

Michoacán under the 2017–2022 districting scheme

The 8th federal electoral district of Michoacán (Spanish: 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 11 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.

The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Ernesto Núñez Aguilar of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).

Michoacán lost its 12th district in the 2023 districting process carried out by the National Electoral Institute (INE). Under the new districting plan, which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the 8th district covers 169 precincts (secciones electorales) in the north-west sector of the municipality of Morelia.

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the state capital, the city of Morelia. The district reported a population of 424,851 in the 2020 Census.

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 comprised nine municipalities in the east of the state: Angangueo, Aporo, Contepec, Epitacio Huerta, Maravatío, Ocampo, Senguio, Tlalpujahua and Zitácuaro.