Editing Nara Prefecture (section)

==Politics==
* A governor and members of prefectural assembly is elected by citizens in accordance with the [[Local Autonomy Law]].
* [[Shōgo Arai]] was governor between 2007 and 2023, a former [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]] member of the national House of Councillors. In the [[2019 Nara gubernatorial election|April 2019 gubernatorial election]], he was re-elected to a fourth term with major party support ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]], [[Democratic Party for the People|DPFP]], [[Kōmeitō]]) with 47.5% of the vote against former Democratic Diet member and vice-minister [[Kiyoshige Maekawa]] (32.3%) and independent physician Minoru Kawashima (20.2%).<ref>[[NHK]] Senkyo Web: Results of the 2019 unified local elections, gubernatorial elections, [https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/touitsu/2019/29/14084/skh44795.html Nara], retrieved 10 October 2019.</ref>
* In 2023, [[Makoto Yamashita]] was elected governor. This was the first time [[Nippon Ishin no Kai|Nippon Ishi]] gained a governor outside of Osaka.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nippon Ishin wins Nara governor election, first outside Osaka |url=https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14882082 |access-date=6 May 2023 |publisher=[[The Asahi Shimbun]]}}</ref>
* As of 2019, there are 43 seats in the Nara Prefectural Assembly, elected in 16 constituencies (4 single-member, 12 multi-member).<ref>Nara Prefectural Assembly: [http://www.pref.nara.jp/dd.aspx?menuid=18533 議員定数及び選挙区] (electoral districts and magnitudes)</ref> After the April 2019 assembly election, the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]] is by far the largest party with 21 members while no other party won more than four seats,<ref>[[NHK]] Senkyo Web: Results of the 2019 unified local elections, prefectural assembly elections, Nara, [https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/touitsu/2019/29/14091/jyo14091.html Summary: Seats by party], retrieved 10 October 2019.</ref> but its members are split between several parliamentary groups; by group, the composition as of May 2019 was: LDP 10, LDP Nara 9, Sōsei Nara [of independents] 5, Shinsei Nara [mainly [[Democratic Party for the People|DPFP]]] 5, [[Japanese Communist Party|JCP]] 4, [[Nippon Ishin no Kai]] 4, [[Kōmeitō]] 3,  LDP Kizuna 2.<ref>Nara Prefectural Assembly: [http://www.pref.nara.jp/item/212164.htm 議員名簿（会派別）] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010115835/http://www.pref.nara.jp/item/212164.htm |date=October 10, 2019 }} (List of members by parliamentary group)</ref>
* There was a clear tendency seen through the results of Lower House election in 2005, that the younger generation executes its voting right much less compared to the older. Only 48.8% of citizens age 20–29 voted, whereas all older generations (grouped by decades) votes more than its younger, reaching the highest voting rate of 86.3% at ages 60–69. The only exception was the 72.1% voting right executed by citizens of 70 or older. The overall average of the prefecture who voted was yet higher, at 70.3%, than that of nationwide average, 67.5%.<ref>{{cite web|title=''tōhyō ritsu no sui'i'' (投票率の推移 Evolution in voting rate, Nara Prefecture|language=ja|url=http://www.pref.nara.jp/senkan/contents/tohyoritsu.htm |access-date = 2007-04-10 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080612055657/http://www.pref.nara.jp/senkan/contents/tohyoritsu.htm |archive-date = June 12, 2008}}</ref>
* As of October 2019, Nara's directly elected delegation to the [[National Diet]] is all-[[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]], namely:
** in the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]] where Nara has lost one district in a 2017 reapportionment
*** for the [[Nara 1st district|1st district]] in the North consisting of most of Nara City and Ikoma City: [[Shigeki Kobayashi]] (LDP, 2nd term) who narrowly defeated long-time incumbent [[Sumio Mabuchi]] in the 2017 House of Representatives election,
*** for the [[Nara 2nd district|2nd district]] with southern suburbs (and a small part) of the capital: [[Sanae Takaichi]] (LDP, 8th term) who has served as minister in several cabinets and was re-elected with 60% of the vote in 2017,
*** for the [[Nara 3rd district|3rd district]] which covers the less urbanized, central and Southern parts of Nara: [[Taidō Tanose]] (LDP, 3rd term), member for the now-abolished 4th district before 2017,
** in the [[House of Councillors (Japan)|House of Councillors]] where the [[Nara at-large district|Nara district]] is one of the often decisive FPTP single-member districts
*** in the [[2016 Japanese House of Councillors election|2016]]–[[2022 Japanese House of Councillors election|2022]] class: [[Kei Satō (politician)|Kei Satō]] (LDP, 1st term) who defeated incumbent [[Kiyoshige Maekawa]] in 2016 by a twelve-point-margin in a three-way contest with an [[Osaka Ishin no Kai]] challenger,
*** in the [[2019 Japanese House of Councillors election|2019]]–[[2025 Japanese House of Councillors election|2025]] class: [[Iwao Horii]] (LDP, 2nd term) who defended the seat 55% to 40% against an "independent", joint centre-left ([[Constitutional Democratic Party (Japan)|CDP]], [[Democratic Party for the People|DPFP]], [[Social Democratic Party (Japan)|SDP]]) challenger in 2019.