In the Upper House election on the 10th, a group of lawyers filed a lawsuit in courts nationwide, saying that it was unconstitutional that the so-called one-vote gap was more than tripled.
In the House of Councilors election, which was voted on the 10th, there was a difference of up to three times in the value of one vote depending on the constituency, and a group of lawyers said, "It is against the equality of voting values and violates the Constitution." We have filed suits against high courts and their branches nationwide, including Tokyo and Sendai, for invalidation of elections in all constituencies.
Regarding the one-vote disparity in the House of Councilors election, the Supreme Court ruled that the 2010 election, which had a disparity of up to five times, and the 2013 election, which had a 4.77 times disparity, were "unconstitutional." We have determined that the constitution will not be violated in 2016, when the disparity has tripled due to the introduction of the "joint district", and in the previous and 2019 years.
Hidetoshi Masunaga, a lawyer of the group that filed the complaint, said, "Although there are discussions about constitutional amendment in the Diet, the members elected in the election whose value of one vote has not been corrected are not eligible for parliamentary activities in the first place. I want to say that strongly. "