Senate election in July: 1 vote disparity “Constitution” decision Hiroshima High Court Nov. 13 18:58
However, in the Upper House election in July, the so-called one vote difference was tripled at maximum, the Hiroshima High Court said, “It was not said that the inequality was high enough to cause unconstitutional problems.” He gave a sentence that he would not violate the constitution.
However, in the House of Councilors elections 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 was filed all over the country for invalidation.
Of these, a ruling for the Hiroshima and Yamaguchi constituencies was handed down by the Hiroshima High Court on the 13th.
Toshihiko Kanamura said, “The gap is narrowing compared to the previous time, and it is expected that the reform of the election system will continue to improve, including the gap in voting value. The law revision in 2018 is a small one “It ’s hard to say that it ’s a radical review, but it does n’t mean that it ’s been so unequal that it ’s going to be unconstitutional,” he pointed out.
On the other hand, the judgment is further improved as “the voting value imbalance is large, and if the current three-fold disparity will continue, there is a high possibility that it will be unconstitutional”. Asked to consider.
There are now 14 judgments issued nationwide by the 13th, 12 are “constitutional” decisions that do not violate the constitution, and 2 are “unconstitutional”.