Nara at-large district

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Nara at-large district
奈良県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Councillors
Nara in Japan.svg
Prefecture Nara
Electorate1,121,510 (as of September 2022) [1]
Current constituency
Created1947
Seats2
CouncillorsClass of 2019:
  •   Iwao Horii (LDP)

Class of 2022:

Nara at-large district is a constituency in the House of Councillors of Japan, the upper house of the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It currently elects 2 members to the House of Councillors, 1 per election. Similar to other two seat, rural districts, it is a bulwark in favor of the LDP. The assassination of Shinzo Abe also occurred here, while he was campaigning for Kei Satō before the 2022 elections.

The district has an electorate of 1,141,745 as of May 2021. [2]

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References

  1. "総務省|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" [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2022] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  2. "総務省|令和2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". 総務省 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-08-18.