:Nara 2nd district

{{Infobox constituency

|name=Nara 2nd district

|type=Parliamentary

|image=衆議院小選挙区_奈良県.svg

|caption = Numbered map of Nara Prefecture single-member districts

|electorate= 382,819 (as of September 1, 2022){{Cite web |url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/senkyo/senkyo_s/data/meibo/meibo_R04.html|title=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 |website=Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications|language=ja |trans-title=Number of registrants on the electoral list and overseas electoral list as of September 1, 2022|date=2023}}

|elects_howmany=1

|party=LDP

|member_label=Representative

|member=Sanae Takaichi}}

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 Democrat Tetsuji 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:

Yamatokōriyama
Tenri
Kashiba
Yamabe District
Ikoma District
Shiki District
Former village of Tsuge (now a part of Nara City)

List of representatives

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! Representative

! colspan="2" | Party

! Dates

! Notes

Makoto Taki

| bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|

LDP

| 1996 – 2003

| Re-elected in the Kinki PR block

Tetsuji Nakamura

| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}} |

DPJ

| 2003 – 2005

| Failed re-election by PR

Sanae Takaichi

| bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} |

LDP

| 2005 – 2009

| Re-elected by PR

Makoto Taki

| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}} |

DPJ

| 2009 – 2012

| Retired

Sanae Takaichi

| bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} |

LDP

| 2012 –

| Incumbent

Election results

{{Election box begin | title=2024{{Cite web |last=日本放送協会 |title=衆議院選挙2024 埼玉(川越・越谷など)開票速報・選挙結果 NHK |url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/29/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=www.nhk.or.jp |language=ja}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

|candidate = Sanae Takaichi

|votes = 128,554

|percentage = 60.19

|change = {{decrease}}4.41

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

|candidate = Mitsunori Ozaki

|votes = 36,371

|percentage = 17.03

|change = {{decrease}} 7.72

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Nippon Ishin no Kai

|candidate = Hattori Chika

|votes = 34,354

|percentage = 16.08

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Japanese Communist Party

|candidate = Eiko Ikeda

|votes = 14,313

|percentage = 6.70

|change = {{decrease}}3.91

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes=213,592

|percentage = 57.87

|change= {{decrease}}0.82

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

}}

{{Election box begin | title=2021{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/2021/29/#senk47563|script-title=ja: 小選挙区奈良2区|access-date=17 July 2023|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

|candidate = Sanae Takaichi

|votes = 141,858

|percentage = 64.6

|change = {{increase}}4.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

|candidate = Misato Ioku

|votes = 54,326

|percentage = 24.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Japanese Communist Party

|candidate = Jirō Miyamoto

|votes = 23,285

|percentage = 10.6

|change = {{decrease}}4.1

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes=

|percentage = 58.69

|change= {{increase}}3.80

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

}}

{{Election box begin|title=2017{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/2017/#!skh_2902|script-title=ja: 小選挙区小選挙区奈良2区|access-date=17 July 2023|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

|candidate = Sanae Takaichi

|votes = 124,508

|percentage = 60.1

|change = {{decrease}}2.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Kibō no Tō

|candidate = Masayuki Matsumoto

|votes = 52,384

|percentage = 25.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Japanese Communist Party

|candidate = Junichi Shimotori

|votes = 21,937

|percentage = 14.7

|change = {{increase}}0.7

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes=

|percentage = 54.89

|change= {{decrease}}0.51

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

}}

{{Election box begin|title=2014{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/archives/shugiin/2014/#skh_2902|script-title=ja: 2014年12月14日(日) 投票小選挙区奈良2区|access-date=17 July 2023|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

|candidate = Sanae Takaichi

|votes = 96,218

|percentage = 61.3

|change = {{increase}}14.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = People's Life Party

|candidate = Tetsuji Nakamura

|votes = 38,781

|percentage = 24.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Japanese Communist Party

|candidate = Nobutake Izumi

|votes = 21,937

|percentage = 14.0

|change = {{increase}}7.3

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes=

|percentage = 55.40

|change= {{decrease}}8.50

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

}}

{{Election box begin|title=2012{{cite web|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/shugiin/2012/kaihyou/ya29.htm|script-title=ja:総選挙2012>開票結果小選挙区奈良|work=Yomiuri Shimbun|access-date=2013-04-06|language=ja}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate|

|party = LDP – Kōmeitō

|candidate = Sanae Takaichi

|votes = 86,747

|percentage = 46.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = JRP – YP

|candidate = Ken Namikawa

|votes = 45,014

|percentage = 24.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = DPJ – PNP

|candidate = Takeru Hyakutake

|votes = 22,321

|percentage = 12.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = TPJ – NPD

|candidate = Tetsuji Nakamura

|votes = 19,200

|percentage = 10.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = JCP

|candidate = Akemi Nakano

|votes = 12,444

|percentage = 6.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin|title=2009{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/precinct/2011100343016.html|script-title=ja:第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 奈良2区|work=go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙|access-date=2012-11-02|publisher=Heartbeats Corp., originally JANJAN|language=ja}}}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = DPJ – PNP

|candidate = Makoto Taki

|votes = 98,728

|percentage = 46.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = LDP – Kōmeitō

|candidate = Sanae Takaichi (elected by PR)

|votes = 94,879

|percentage = 44.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = JCP

|candidate = Fumiko Nishi

|votes = 15,626

|percentage = 7.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = HRP

|candidate = Takako Tanaka

|votes = 2,971

|percentage = 1.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 216,526

|percentage = 72.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin|title=2005{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/precinct/2011100343327.html|script-title=ja:第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 奈良2区|work=go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙|access-date=2012-11-02|publisher=Heartbeats Corp.|language=ja}}}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = LDP

|candidate = Sanae Takaichi

|votes = 92,096

|percentage = 44.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = DPJ

|candidate = Tetsuji Nakamura

|votes = 72,074

|percentage = 34.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = NPN

|candidate = Makoto Taki (elected by PR)

|votes = 29,995

|percentage = 14.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = JCP

|candidate = Akemi Nakano

|votes = 12,657

|percentage = 6.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 211,226

|percentage = 71.03

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin|title=2003{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/precinct/2011100342394.html|script-title=ja:第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 奈良2区|work=go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙|access-date=2012-11-02|publisher=Heartbeats Corp.|language=ja}}}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = DPJ

|candidate = Tetsuji Nakamura

|votes = 83,168

|percentage = 48.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = LDP

|candidate = Makoto Taki (elected by PR)

|votes = 73,646

|percentage = 42.9