Senate election in July 1 vote voted “constitutional” judgment Sendai High Court Nov. 5 15:59
However, in the Upper House election in July, the Sendai High Court ruled that it would not violate the Constitution that the so-called single vote disparity was tripled at most.
In the House of Councilors election in July, there is a maximum difference of 3.002 times in the number of voters per member of each constituency, and lawyers and other groups are saying that “it violates the constitution against the equality of vote value” There is a complaint all over the country calling for invalidation.
Of these, the Sendai High Court ruled that it would not violate the Constitution in judgments targeting five constituencies in Tohoku.
The disparity of one vote in the House of Councilors election was 3.08 times at the maximum in the previous and three-year-old elections, but in this election, correction was made to increase the number of elected seats in Saitama ward, and the difference was 3.002 times at most It was.