Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Kagoshima Prefecture House of Representatives Election District Division Published for 3 years with some mistakes October 2, 4:51
It turned out that a part of the map of the constituency of Kagoshima prefecture for the House of Representatives election created by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has been published on the homepage etc. in an incorrect state for about 3 years.
The constituencies for the House of Representatives election were revised in 2017, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has created a map showing the constituencies that have been changed accordingly, and has made it available on its website.
Of these, in Kagoshima Prefecture, the number of constituencies was reduced from five to four, and the constituencies were changed, but it was found that a part of the map was released in an incorrect state for about three years. ..
On the map, a part of the Kagoshima City Taniyama district, which actually falls into Kagoshima 2nd district, is included in 1st district.
On the other hand, there was no error in the part where the area name for each constituency was written in letters, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said, "Although it does not affect the election affairs of the local government, as a result of creating it as an image diagram, there were some inaccuracies. I will fix it at the right time. "
Hayato Kojima, CEO of the Electoral System Practice Study Group, who is familiar with election affairs, said, "Voters who see the map will be misunderstood and cause confusion. The possibility of misunderstanding should be eliminated."