Nara 2nd district

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. It is located in Northern Nara and covers the cities of Yamatokōriyama, Tenri, Ikoma, the former village of Tsuge in current Nara City and the former Yamabe and Ikoma counties, i.e. Yamazoe Village and the towns of Ando, Ikaruga, Sangō and Heguri. As of September 2012, 298,107 voters were registered district, giving its voters above average vote weight.[1]

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.

List of representatives
Representative Party Dates Notes
Makoto Taki LDP 1996–2003 Re-elected in the Kinki PR block
Tetsuji Nakamura DPJ 2003–2005 Failed re-election by PR
Sanae Takaichi LDP 2005–2009 Re-elected by PR
Makoto Taki DPJ 2009–2012 Retired
Sanae Takaichi LDP 2012– Incumbent

Recent election results
2012[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP – Kōmeitō Sanae Takaichi 86,747 46.7
JRP – YP Ken Namikawa 45,014 24.2
DPJ – PNP Takeru Hyakutake 22,321 12.0
TPJ – NPD Tetsuji Nakamura 19,200 10.3
JCP Akemi Nakano 12,444 6.7
2009[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ – PNP Makoto Taki 98,728 46.5
LDP – Kōmeitō Sanae Takaichi (elected by PR) 94,879 44.7
JCP Fumiko Nishi 15,626 7.4
HRP Takako Tanaka 2,971 1.4
Turnout 216,526 72.6
2005[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Sanae Takaichi 92,096 44.5
DPJ Tetsuji Nakamura 72,074 34.8
NPN Makoto Taki (elected by PR) 29,995 14.5
JCP Akemi Nakano 12,657 6.1
Turnout 211,226 71.03
2003[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ Tetsuji Nakamura 83,168 48.4
LDP Makoto Taki (elected by PR) 73,646 42.9
JCP Jirō Miyamoto 15,044 8.8
Turnout 178,668 60.31

References
  1. Ministry of general affairs: 平成24年9月2日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数
  2. 総選挙2012>開票結果　小選挙区　奈良. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-04-06.
  3. 第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 奈良2区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats Corp., originally JANJAN. Retrieved 2012-11-02. External link in |work= (help)
  4. 第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 奈良2区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats Corp. Retrieved 2012-11-02. External link in |work= (help)
  5. 第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 奈良2区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats Corp. Retrieved 2012-11-02. External link in |work= (help)

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