Sentence election 1 vote inequality "unconstitutional state" Sapporo High Court Oct. 24 14:05

In fact, the Sapporo High Court ruled that it was "unconstitutional" against the equality of the voting value required by the Constitution, with the so-called one vote disparity up to tripled in the Upper House election in July. . On the other hand, we did not accept any appeal for invalidation of the election.

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 “they violate the Constitution” An appeal was filed all over the country calling for invalidation.

Among these, in a ruling on the Hokkaido constituency, the Sapporo High Court showed that the difference of one vote was “unconstitutional” contrary to the equality of voting value required by the Constitution.

On the other hand, the National Diet was making efforts to rectify the disparity, and the invalidation of the election was not allowed because it was not a violation of the constitution. This is the second decision following the Takamatsu High Court on the 16th of this month.

The disparity of one vote in the House of Councilors election was 3.08 times at the maximum in the previous three-year election and increased the number of elected seats in Saitama constituency by one, but this time the maximum was 3.002 times, and the disparity was only slightly reduced. It was.