被選挙権(ひせんきょけん)

ひせんきょけん
noun
right to run for office; eligibility for election
formallegal
1. right to run for office; eligibility for election; passive suffrage
The legal right to stand as a candidate in an election. In Japan, the minimum age for this right varies by office: 25 for the House of Representatives and local assemblies, 30 for the House of Councillors and prefectural governors.
被選挙権(ひせんきょけん)は25歳(さい)からだ。
The right to run for office starts at age 25.
参議院議員(さんぎいんぎいん)の被選挙権(ひせんきょけん)は30歳以上(さいいじょう)と定(さだ)められている。
The eligibility to run for the House of Councillors is set at age 30 or older.
選挙権(せんきょけん)が18歳(さい)に引(ひ)き下(さ)げられたのに対(たい)し、被選挙権(ひせんきょけん)の年齢(ねんれい)はまだ変(か)わっていない。
While the voting age was lowered to 18, the age requirement for the right to run for office still hasn't changed.

Compound of 被(ひ) (passive; receiving) + 選挙(せんきょ) (election) + 権(けん) (right). Literally the right to "be elected," contrasting with 選挙権(せんきょけん), the right to vote ("to elect"). The 被(ひ) prefix marks the passive side of the election process.

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Compare: 参政権(さんせいけん) (political rights, the broader concept…)
Compare: 投票権(とうひょうけん) (right to vote)
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