１票の格差、最大３倍超に　参院選挙区で試算【２２参院選】

　総務省は２２日、参院選の選挙人名簿登録者数（２１日現在）を発表した。時事通信社が選挙区ごとに１議席当たりの有権者数を試算した「１票の格差」は最大３．０３２倍と、２０１９年７月に行われた前回参院選の最大２．９９８倍から拡大し、３倍を上回った。
　１票の格差は最大５．００倍だった１０年の参院選以降、選挙区定数を見直す法改正などを行った結果、縮小が続いていた。最高裁は前回参院選について合憲とする判決を出している。（2022/06/22-22:50）

The maximum vote-value disparity between House of Councillors prefectural constituencies is over three times for the July 10 election for the upper chamber of Japan's parliament, according to an estimate by Jiji Press.
   The maximum gap stood at 3.032 times, up from 2.998 times in the previous election in July 2019. The estimate is based on the number of registered eligible voters as of Tuesday released by the internal affairs ministry Wednesday.
   The maximum gap had decreased steadily since the 2010 Upper House poll, in which the maximum disparity hit 5.00 times, thanks to reform measures. The Supreme Court has ruled the 2019 election constitutional in terms of disparities in the value of votes.
   The total number of registered voters stood at 105,438,137 across Japan. The most populous Tokyo constituency had 11,522,220 voters, against 637,068 voters in the least populated Fukui constituency.
   In terms of the number of voters per seat, Kanagawa had the largest number at 965,927, while Fukui had the smallest number at 318,534. The gap between the two was 3.032 times.