維新、野党一本化へ予備選案　参院選１人区、実現不透明

　日本維新の会は２２日、夏の参院選の行方を左右する全国３２の１人区で野党候補を一本化するため、予備選の実施案を発表した。複数の政党が擁立を希望する選挙区ではインターネットを活用した世論調査を実施し、擁立する政党を５月中旬までに全１人区で確定する。
　共産党を含む全野党に参加を呼び掛ける。岩谷良平幹事長が２４日から各党に打診を始めるが、野党内には慎重論もあり、実現するかは不透明だ。
　予備選は３段階で構成。第１段階ではネット調査の結果と衆院選での比例代表獲得票をポイント化し、擁立数を各政党にドント方式で割り当てる。第２段階では配分された擁立数を基に各党が擁立希望の選挙区を指定。競合した場合は第３段階として調査を改めて行い、擁立政党を決める。（2025/01/22-18:30）

Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) on Wednesday unveiled a draft plan to hold primaries to unify opposition candidates for 32 single-seat constituencies in the upcoming House of Councillors election.
   The proposal calls for conducting online public opinion polls in constituencies where multiple opposition parties plan to field candidates and deciding by mid-May which party will field a candidate in each constituency.
   Nippon Ishin plans to call on all opposition parties, including the Japanese Communist Party, to participate. Its secretary-general, Ryohei Iwatani, will begin talks with other parties on Friday, but it is unclear whether the plan will be realized as some in the opposition camp seem reluctant.
   The proposed system has three stages. In the first, each opposition party would be awarded points based on the results of online polls and proportional representation votes it won in last year's House of Representatives election. The points would be used to distribute candidate slots.
   In the second stage, each party would declare the constituencies in which it wants to field candidates, based on the number of candidate slots allocated to it.