Nara at-large district | |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Parl Name: | House of Councillors |
District Label: | Prefecture |
District: | Nara |
Electorate: | 1,121,510 (as of September 2022)[1] |
Year: | 1947 |
Seats: | 2 |
Member Label: | Councillors |
Member: | Class of 2019: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]