8th federal electoral district of the State of Mexico

The 8th federal electoral district of the State of Mexico (Spanish: Distrito electoral federal 08 del Estado de México) is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 40 such districts in the State of Mexico.^[1]

State of Mexico's 8th
Electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
State of Mexico's districts since 2023
Incumbent
Member	Anay Beltrán Reyes
Party	▌Morena
Congress	66th (2024–2027)
District
State	State of Mexico
Head town	Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo
Coordinates	19°38′N 99°10′W
Covers	Tultitlán (part), Cuautitlán Izcalli (part)
PR region	Fifth
Precincts	169
Population	458,963 (2020 Census)

2017–2022 districting scheme

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.^[2][3]

The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is Anay Beltrán Reyes of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).^[4][5]

District territory

Under the 2023 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections,^[6] the 8th district covers 169 electoral precincts (secciones electorales) across parts of two municipalities in the Greater Mexico City urban area:^[7][8]

• Tultitlán, excluding its northern exclave, and the southern portion of Cuautitlán Izcalli.^[a]

The head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and tallied, is the city of Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo. In the 2020 Census, the district reported a total population of 458,963.^[1]

Previous districting schemes

Evolution of electoral district numbers

	1974	1978	1996	2005	2017	2022
State of Mexico	15	34	36	40	41	40
Chamber of Deputies	196	300
Sources: [1][9][10][11]

Under the previous districting plans enacted by the INE and its predecessors, the 8th district was situated as follows:

2005–2022

The district covered the same territory under both the 2017–2022 and 2005–2017 plans: the municipality of Tultitlán, except for its northern exclave (which was assigned to the 27th district). The head town was at Tultitlán.^{[11][12][13][10]}

1996–2005

The municipality of Tultitlán, including its exclave, and the municipality of Cuautitlán. The head town was at Tultitlán.^[14][10]

1978–1996

The municipalities of Atenco, Chiautla, Chiconcuac, Chimalhuacán, La Paz, Otumba, Papalotla, Tepetlaoxtoc and Texcoco, with its head town at Texcoco de Mora.^[15]

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

State of Mexico's 8th district

Election	Deputy	Party	Term	Legislature
1916 [es]	José J. Reynoso[16][17]		1916–1917	Constituent Congress of Querétaro
...
1979	Mauricio Valdés Rodríguez [es][18]		1979–1982	51st Congress
1982	Gustavo Pérez y Pérez[19]		1982–1985	52nd Congress
1985	Jorge Antonio Díaz de León [es][20]		1985–1988	53rd Congress
1988	Alfonso Alcocer Velázquez[21]		1988–1991	54th Congress
1991	Roberto Ruiz Ángeles[22]		1991–1994	55th Congress
1994	Irene Maricela Cerón Nequis[23]		1994–1997	56th Congress
1997	Jorge Silva Morales[24]		1997–2000	57th Congress
2000	Raúl Covarrubias Zavala[25]		2000–2003	58th Congress
2003	Santiago Cortés Sandoval[26]		2003–2006	59th Congress
2006	Francisco Martínez Martínez[27]		2006–2009	60th Congress
2009	Sandra Méndez Hernández[28]		2009–2012	61st Congress
2012	Marco Antonio Calzada Arroyo[29]		2012–2015	62nd Congress
2015	Sandra Méndez Hernández[30]		2015–2018	63rd Congress
2018	Gustavo Contreras Montes [es][31]		2018–2021	64th Congress
2021	Gustavo Contreras Montes [es][32]		2021–2024	65th Congress
2024[4]	Anay Beltrán Reyes[5]		2024–2027	66th Congress

Presidential elections

State of Mexico's 8th district

Election	District won by	Party or coalition	%
2018[33]	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	Juntos Haremos Historia	59.6322
2024[34]	Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo	Sigamos Haciendo Historia	64.2695

Notes

1. Tultitlán's northern exclave is assigned to the 6th district, while the northern portion of Cuautitlán Izcalli belongs to the 7th.