July Senate election “1 vote disparity” “No violation of the Constitution” Tokyo High Court Oct. 30 16:54
In the Upper House election in July, however, the Tokyo High Court ruled that it would not violate the constitution that the so-called single vote gap was tripled at most.
However, in the House of Councilors election in July, there was a maximum difference of 3.002 times in the number of voters per member of the constituency, and lawyers and other groups said that “it was against the equality of voting value and violated the constitution” An appeal has been filed all over the country calling for invalidation of the election.
Of these, the Tokyo High Court ruled that it would not violate the Constitution in judgments covering 11 constituencies, including 6 prefectures in the Kanto region, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano, and Shizuoka.
The disparity of one vote in the House of Councilors election was 3.08 times at the maximum in the previous three-year election, but in this election, correction was made to increase the number of elected seats in the Saitama constituency, and the difference was 3.002 times at the maximum. It was.