Last year's House of Councilors election "1 vote gap" trial Today's Supreme Court decision November 18, 6:16
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The Supreme Court's en banc will hand down a ruling on the 18th in a trial in which it was disputed whether the so-called one-vote gap in the Upper House election last year violated the Constitution.
The focus will be on how the Supreme Court will determine that the gap is up to three times higher.
In the House of Councilors election last July, two groups of lawyers filed nationwide complaints for invalidation of the election, alleging that there was a difference of up to 3.002 times in the number of voters per member depending on the constituency, which was unconstitutional. It was.
In the high court decisions in each region, there were 14 "constitutional" judgments and 2 "unconstitutional" judgments that did not violate the Constitution.
The En Banc of the Supreme Court will hand down the judgments on these trials at 3:00 pm on the 18th, and will give a unified judgment.
Regarding the one-vote disparity in the Upper House election, the Supreme Court ruled that the 2010 and 2013 elections, which had a disparity of about five times, were "unconstitutional."
In the 2016 election, the parliament corrected the disparity including the joint district, and it was reduced to 3.08 times, and while the Supreme Court decided that it was "constitutional," "considering a drastic review for the next election. It is said that a conclusion will always be reached, "he said, pointing out the need to correct the disparity.
However, in last year's election, the number of seats re-elected in the Saitama constituency was increased by one to 3.002 times, and the disparity continues to be about three times.
The focus will be on how the Supreme Court will judge the current state of these disparities and the efforts of the Diet.