Japan's top court rules 2019 election vote weight gap is constitutional
Following 16 conflicting rulings from lower courts, the top court rejected the plaintiffs' demand for the outcomes of the House of Councilors election held on July 21, 2019, to be nullified.
Sapporo High Court rules July election is in 'state of unconstitutionality' due to vote disparity
The Sapporo High Court ruled Thursday that July's Upper House election was in a "state of unconstitutionality" due to a disparity in the value of a vote between the most and least-populated constituencies, with some being worth up to three times more. But the court ...
Court rules July poll result was 'unconstitutional' due to vote disparity
A court on Wednesday ruled July's Upper House election was in a "state of unconstitutionality" due to disparities in the weight of a single vote between urban and rural constituencies. But the high court in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, turned down the plaintiffs' demand to nullify ...
The amendment to the Public Offices Election Law that was hastily enacted this week highlights all the more the need for a more fundamental overhaul.
The Diet on Wednesday passed a controversial bill, sponsored by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party, to increase the number of seats in the Upper House for the first time in nearly five decades in pursuit of making the electoral system fairer. The approval of ...
The LDP's proposed electoral system amendment won't solve the vote-value disparity problem and may conflict with the Constitution's Article 43.
High court rules vote weight gap in Japan's 2017 general election was unconstitutional
A high court ruled Wednesday that the gap in the weight of votes in last October's Lower House election amounted to "a state of unconstitutionality," despite previous high court rulings accepting the level of disparity. Of the 14 lawsuits dealing with the weight disparities of ...
Two high courts rule Japan's October election was constitutional amid vote disparity challenge
Two high courts ruled Tuesday that a less than twofold vote disparity in last October's Lower House election was constitutional, dismissing plaintiffs' calls to invalidate the outcome. Presiding Judge Takeshi Yamamoto at the Sendai High Court's Akita branch said the electoral districts adopted in the ...
A court ruled Friday that the vote disparity in last October's House of Representatives election was constitutional, in the first decision among a series of lawsuits challenging the results of the general election. The Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court dismissed plaintiffs' call to ...
Lawsuits filed to nullify Lower House election over vote-value disparity
A group of lawyers filed lawsuits seeking to invalidate the results of Sunday's Lower House election for all 289 single-seat districts. The group, led by Hidetoshi Masunaga, claimed the election was unconstitutional in terms of vote-value disparities. The lawyers said the election was invalid because it ...
Supreme court rules that vote gap in 2016 Upper House election is constitutional
The Supreme Court ruled the vote disparity in the July 2016 Upper House election to be constitutional, following more than a dozen conflicting rulings from lower courts.
Diet finally enacts electoral redistricting law to correct vote weight disparities across Japan
After years of stalling, the Diet enacted a law Friday to revise Lower House electoral districts to reduce voting weight disparities between densely and sparsely populated precincts that had marred the credibility of national elections. Based on population projections for 2020, the law will bring ...
