Nara 2nd district (奈良2区 Nara ni-ku, more formally 奈良県第2区 Nara-ken dai-ni-ku) is a single-member electoral district for the
House of Representatives, the lower house of the
National Diet of Japan, located in
Nara Prefecture.
After the introduction of first-past-the-post single-member districts, Nara 2nd district was first represented by
Liberal Democratic newcomer
Makoto Taki. In 2003, he lost the district to
DemocratTetsuji Nakamura, but won a seat in the
Kinki proportional representation block. Taki was a postal privatization rebel in 2005 and joined the
New Party Nippon ("New Party Japan"). The 2nd district went to Liberal Democrat
Sanae Takaichi who had been a member of the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003 (
Nara At-large district as an independent in 1993,
Nara 1st district for the
New Frontier Party in 1996, Kinki PR block for the LDP in 2000). Taki only finished third, but again won a proportional seat – the only one of New Party Nippon's three seats in the country the party could hold. In 2009, Taki joined the Democratic Party and narrowly regained the 2nd district for the Democrats. Takaichi who had been a minister in the Abe cabinet remained Representative via the Kinki PR block. In 2012, Taki retired and Takaichi easily retook the district.
Area
After redistricting in 2017, the district covers the following:
^"令和4年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数" [Number of registrants on the electoral list and overseas electoral list as of September 1, 2022]. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (in Japanese). 2023.
^小選挙区 奈良2区 (in Japanese).
NHK. Retrieved 17 July 2023.