It was found that the proportional representation of the previous House of Representatives election, which was used by both the Constitutional Democratic Party and the Democratic Party for the People as an abbreviation, has about 2 million votes in at least 34 prefectures.
In these prefectures alone, the votes of the Reiwa Shinsengumi, who won three seats in proportional representation nationwide, far exceeded.
In the proportional representation of the previous House of Representatives election, the Constitutional Democratic Party and the Democratic Party for the People both reported the abbreviation as "Democratic Party."
The Public Offices Election Act allows multiple political parties to use the same abbreviation, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications voted "Democratic Party" on the prefectural election commission on the 22nd of last month after the announcement. It was treated as a valid vote, and a message was sent to request attention to distribute it proportionally to both parties according to the number of votes obtained.
When NHK interviewed the election commissions in each region, it was found that the total number of votes for "Democratic Party", which was proportionally distributed to both parties, was 1,973,362 in at least 34 prefectures.
This accounted for approximately 24% of the total votes received by both parties in these prefectures.
Furthermore, in these prefectures alone, compared to the votes obtained by other parties, the proportional representation nationwide received 9 seats, which is less than the Communist Party's approximately 2.36 million votes, but 3 seats. It greatly exceeded the approximately 1.27 million votes of the Reiwa Shinsengumi.
By prefecture, Tokyo has 283,783 votes, Hokkaido has 179,084 votes, and Shizuoka prefecture has 142,788 votes.
A person in charge of the local government in the Kyushu region said, "Voters received opinions and inquiries every day saying that the abbreviations are the same and confusing." I received many inquiries asking, "Isn't it wrong?"
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