Voters from five Kyushu prefectures have filed a lawsuit with the Fukuoka High Court seeking to nullify the July 20 Upper House election, arguing that disparities of up to 3.13 times in the weight of votes across constituencies violate the Constitution. In Kyushu, Kumamoto’s vote value was 2.30 times smaller and Fukuoka’s 2.27 times smaller than Fukui, the least populous district. The plaintiffs claim this inequality undermines the constitutional principle of equal suffrage. The Supreme Court previously ruled that a 3.03-fold disparity in the 2022 election was constitutional. Source: NHK
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