「違憲状態」７件、「合憲」９件　１票の格差、高裁判決出そろう―最高裁が統一判断へ・昨年衆院選

　「１票の格差」が最大２．０８倍だった昨年１０月の衆院選は投票価値の平等に反し違憲だとして、弁護士らのグループが選挙無効を求めた訴訟の判決が９日、広島高裁であり、横溝邦彦裁判長は「合憲」と判断し、無効請求を棄却した。全国１４高裁・支部で争われた１６件の訴訟は全て判決が出そろい、違憲状態が７件、合憲は９件と分かれた。
　原告側の上告を受け、最高裁が年内にも統一判断を示す見通し。１６件の判決は、無効請求についてはいずれも退けている。（2022/03/09-15:06）

Last October's election for Japan's House of Representatives was found to have been held in a state of unconstitutionality by seven court rulings by Wednesday in terms of vote-value disparities.
   Nine rulings have found the election constitutional, including the final high court ruling issued on Wednesday on a series of lawsuits over the constitutionality of the election for the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament.
   The latest ruling was handed down by Hiroshima High Court, with Presiding Judge Kunihiko Yokomizo rejecting the plaintiffs' demand to annul the Lower House poll, in which the value of one vote in the least populous single-seat constituency was 2.08 times higher than that in the most populous district.
   A group of lawyers had filed the 16 lawsuits with a total of 14 high courts and high court branches across the country, claiming that the election went against vote-value equality under the Constitution.