Japan top court rules 2025 upper house vote gap in unconstitutional state
The justices said the vote-value gap reached 3.13 times and had constitutional concerns, but they refused to void the July 2025 election results.
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(Tokyo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Do-yeon = The fact that the 'gap of one vote' among voters reached a maximum of 3.13 times in the Japanese House of Councillors (Upper House) election held last July is '...
Japan top court rules 2025 upper house vote gap in unconstitutional state
Japan's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the up to 3.13-fold disparity in the weight of votes in the July 2025 Senate election was in a "state of unconstitutionality," but dismissed requests to nullify the results.
The Supreme Court has ruled that the July 2025 House of Councillors election, in which the disparity in the value of a single vote was as high as 3.13 times, was in an "unconstitutional state." In the July 2025 House of Councillors election, the number of voters per representative varied by up to 3.13 times depending on the electoral district, leading two groups of lawyers to file lawsuits nationwide seeking to invalidate the election, arguing t…
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