Nine cases of disparity in votes in last year's newly redrawn House of Representatives elections ruled constitutional by high court; Akita and Nagoya also reject lawsuits

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Nine cases of disparity in votes in last year's newly redrawn House of Representatives elections ruled constitutional by high court; Akita and Nagoya also reject lawsuits

Voters in Akita, Gifu, Aichi, and Mie prefectures sought to invalidate the House of Representatives election in 28 electoral districts last October, arguing that the election was unconstitutional because it was held without correcting the "one vote disparity" of up to 2.06 times. In two lawsuits, the Sendai High Court Akita branch (Judge Toshio Saiki, presiding) and the Nagoya High Court (Judge Aya Yoshida, presiding) ruled on 1 January that the…