LDP proposes compromise on cutting lower house seats: 45 reduced to 31

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has proposed a compromise on reducing the number of seats in the House of Representatives. The party's earlier bill called for cutting 45 proportional seats, and the new proposal lowers that figure to 31. The party also plans to switch the proportional seat allocation method from the D'Hondt system to a modified Sainte-Laguë system, which gives smaller parties a better chance of winning seats. Ruling and opposition parties aim to reach agreement next week with the support of some opposition groups, including the Democratic Party for the People, though the Japan Innovation Party insists on the 10 percent cut agreed in the coalition deal.

• LDP proposes reducing the cut from 45 seats to 31
• Proportional seats would move from D'Hondt to modified Sainte-Laguë
• Agreement targeted next week with some opposition support

定数削減を巡り、自民党が削減幅を減らした折衷案を提示です。 　与野党は22日午後、衆議院の選挙制度改革について協議しました。 　自民党は定数を比例区のみで「45議席」削減する法案を提出していますが、削減数を「31議席」とする折衷案を示しました。 　また、比例の議席配分を今のドント式から中小政党が議席を得やすい修正サン・ラグ式に変更するとしています。 　国民民主党など一部の野党の賛同を得て来週、合意することを目指しています。 　ただ、日本維新の会は連立合意に含まれる1割削減にこだわる姿勢を見せていて、調整は難航しそうです。 [テレ朝NEWS] https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp