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, located in Nara Prefecture.

In 2003, he lost the district to Democrat Tetsuji Nakamura, but won a seat in the Kinki proportional representation block.

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).

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.