In the House of Representatives election in October last year, the so-called one-vote gap was 2.08 times at the maximum, and on the 24th, two courts handed down judgments on "constitutional" and "unconstitutional".
In the House of Representatives election in October last year, there was a difference of up to 2.08 times in the value of one vote, and a group of two lawyers nationwide appealed for invalidation of the election, saying that it violates the constitution against equality of voting value. 16 cases were raised in Japan, and 2 cases were handed down on the 24th.
Of these, regarding the complaint against the single-seat constituencies of the three Hokuriku prefectures, Judge Toshiharu Hasui of the Kanazawa Branch of the Nagoya High Court said, "In line with the purpose of the past Supreme Court decision calling for legislative measures to equalize the voting value. We are trying to correct the disparity. As a result, the fact that the disparity has more than doubled does not mean that we were in a state that violated the requirements of the Constitution. "
On the other hand, regarding the complaints against the four constituencies of Okinawa Prefecture, Judge Yutaka Taniguchi of the Naha Branch of the Fukuoka High Court should emphasize that "the harmony with the request for population proportion was not always sufficient. Even in light of the discretionary power of the Diet, it was in a state that violated the constitution's requirement for equality in voting value. "
In both cases, the appeal for invalidation of the election was rejected.
With this, the total number of judgments in the series of trials is 15, and the judgment is divided into two, with 8 cases of "constitutional" and 7 cases of "unconstitutional state".