AKB48 32nd Single Senbatsu Election (FINAL RESULTS)

AKB48 32nd Single Senbatsu Election - Final Results AKB48 has just concluded it's 32nd Single Senbatsu Election (5th Senbatsu Election), and a new center was crowned tonight! The previous election winner Oshima Yuko was ousted from her throne and taking her place with a 20k vote difference between them was HKT48's Sashihara Rino!!! It's a completely new direction in AKB48's book. The release date for the 32nd Single will be 21st August, 2013. Sashihara took the crown with 150k votes, 50k more than the top spot last year. The total number of votes for just the members in Senbatsu has also increased by an amazing 429k. An interesting outcome of this year's election is that half of the members in the top 64 are sister group members, inclusive of 1 graduated member. A total of 30 AKB48 girls ranked this year, compared to 34 from the sister groups combined (SKE48: 17, NMB48: 8, HKT48: 3, JKT48: 1, SNH48: 1, Graduated: 1) Also, each of the 4 sections have centers from different groups. Future Girls is centered by Yabushita Shu from NMB48, Next Girls by Sato Amina from AKB48, representing Under Girls is Shibata Aya from SKE48 and finally the Senbatsu center is HKT48's Sashihara Rino.. However not all was happy news during the election. Upon reviving her rank, AKB48's oldest member and Team A Captain Shinoda Mariko announced her graduation from the group. She has requested that the Fukuoka Dome concert will be her graduation performance. Fukuoka is Mariko's birthplace. It is still unknown her role in the next single. SNH48's Miyazawa Sae has also announced that she will be rejecting her concurrency in AKB48 Team K, which was announced at the AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai Concert two months ago, to focus solely on SNH48. Full results: Rank Name Team Votes -----Future Girls line----- (64 Nakanishi Yuka SKE48 Team S 11,602)
(63 Kaneko Shiori SKE48 Team E 11,620)
 (62 Hirajima Natsumi Graduated AKB48 11,806)
 (61 Yamauchi Suzuran AKB48 Team B 11,808)
 (60 Matsui Sakiko AKB48 Team A 11,961)
 59 Tomonaga Mio HKT48 Kenkyuusei 12,128
 58 Isohara Kyoka SKE48 Team S 12,319 
57 Ichikawa Miori AKB48 Team B (Team N Conc) 12,616
 56 Iwasa Misaki AKB48 Team B 15,638
 55 Tashima Meru HKT48 Kenkyuusei 13,246
 54 Ogasawara Mayu NMB48 Team N 13,460
 53 Maeda Ami AKB48 Team K 13,613
 52 Sato Sumire AKB48 Team A 13,692
 51 Kikuchi Ayaka AKB48 Team A 13,944
 50 Yoshida Akari NMB48 Team N 14,684
 49 Yabushita Shu NMB48 Team BII 14,745 -----Next Girls line-----
 48 Oba Mina AKB48 Team B (Team KII Conc) 15,064
 47 Kobayashi Ami SKE48 Team KII 15,533
 46 Ishida Haruka AKB48 Team B 16,072
 45 Mutou Tomu AKB48 Team A 16,221
 44 Yagura Fuuko NMB48 Team M (Team A Conc) 16,281
 43 Ota Aika HKT48 Team H 16,401
 42 Saito Makiko SKE48 Team S 16,508
 41 Matsumoto Rina SKE48 Team KII 16,715
 40 Jonishi Kei NMB48 Team N 17,381
 39 Umemoto Madoka SKE48 Team E 17,819
 38 Tano Yuuka AKB48 Team A 18,125
 37 Kodama Haruka HKT48 Team H (Team A Conc) 18,145
 36 Kuramochi Asuka AKB48 Team K 18,435
 35 Nagao mariya AKB48 Team K 18,978
 34 Katayama Haruka AKB48 Team B 19,158
 33 Sato Amina AKB48 Team K 19,569 -----Under Girls line-----
32 Fujie Reina AKB48 Team B 21,324
 31 Kimoto Kanon SKE48 Team E 21,385
 30 Iriyama Anna AKB48 Team A 22,869
 29 Oya Masana SKE48 Team S 23,588
 28 Yamada Nana NMB48 Team M 23,950
 27 Furukawa Airi SKE48 Team KII 24,990
 26 Miyawaki Sakura HKT48 Team H 25,760
 25 Kawaei Rina AKB48 Team A 26,764
 24 Matsumura Kaori SKE48 Kenkyuusei 27,566
 23 Takayanagi Akane SKE48 Team KII 29,199
 22 Kizaki Yuria SKE48 Team S 30,307
 21 Kitahara Rie AKB48 Team K 33,121
 20 Takajo Aki JKT48 Team J (Team B Conc) 33,129
 19 Umeda Ayaka AKB48 Team B 36,282
 18 Minegishi Minami AKB48 Kenkyuusei 38,985
 17 Shibata Aya SKE48 Team KII 39,739 -----Senbatsu line-----
 16 Suda Akari SKE48 Team KII 43,252 
15 Watanabe Miyuki NMB48 Team N (Team B Conc) 44,116
 14 Yamamoto Sayaka NMB48 Team N 51,798
 13 Yokoyama Yui AKB48 Team A 53,903
 12 Shimazaki Haruka AKB48 Team B 57,275
 11 Itano Tomomi AKB48 Team K 63,547
 10 Miyazawa Sae SNH48 (Team K Conc) 65,867
 09 Kojima Haruna AKB48 Team B 67,424
 08 Takahashi Minami AKB48 Team A 68,681
 07 Matsui Rena SKE48 Team E 73,173
 06 Matsui Jurina SKE48 Team S 77,170
 05 Shinoda Mariko AKB48 Team A 92,599
 04 Kashiwagi Yuki AKB48 Team B 96,905
 03 Watanabe Mayu AKB48 Team A 101,210
 02 Oshima Yuko AKB48 Team K 136,503
 01 Sashihara Rino HKT48 Team H 150,570

 While AKB48's 5th Senbatsu General Election has been opened up to allow former members to participate, popular former member Atsuko Maeda has announced that she will not be participating despite her eligibility.During a press conference for the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, reporters asked the singer whether she would be participating in the election. While she remained silent on the issue at the pres conference, she later revealed through twitter that she will be filming a movie overseas while the elections go on and decided against becoming a candidate in the election.AKB48's 5th Senbatsu General Election surprised many people with the new rules put in place for the election. Girls must now formally enter themselves as candidates, and former AKB48 member who had been with the group for 4 years were eligible to compete.So far, former members Atsuko Maeda, Erena Ono, Masuda Yuka, Yonezawa Rumi and Sayaka Nakaya have all revealed their intention not to run in the election. Kayo Noro and Kazumi Urano have both confirmed that they will be running for election.Qualifying girls can begin formally entering their names as candidates in the election on March 31st.