AKB48 3rd Senbatsu General Election - Early Results

Voting for AKB48's 3rd Senbatsu Election has started yesterday on the 24th. On the 25th after 1 day of voting, AKB48 announced the early results at the AKB48 theatre. Lots of big surprises! However do remember that this is only the early results, only a small portion of the total votes. There are still loads of unused voting cards left. There will definitely be a lot of movement from this result to the final result.

Results are as follows
Note: Since there is always the big problem of the Team colours, for this time I used the colours of the election posters from here. Except I darkened the Green of Team K to differentiate with Team KII.

Position	Name	Team	Votes
01	Oshima Yuko	AKB48 Team K	17156
02	Maeda Atsuko	AKB48 Team A	16452
03	Kashiwagi Yuki	AKB48 Team B	12056
04	Takahashi Minami	AKB48 Team A	8833
05	Watanabe Mayu	AKB48 Team B	8582
06	Shinoda Mariko	AKB48 Team A	8016
07	Sashihara Rino	AKB48 Team A	7357
08	Itano Tomomi	AKB48 Team K	6596
09	Matsui Rena	SKE48 Team S	6559
10	Kojima Haruna	AKB48 Team A	9537
11	Miyazawa Sae	AKB48 Team K	5157
12	Takajo Aki	AKB48 Team A	5096
-----Media Senbatsu line-----
13	Minegishi Minami	AKB48 Team K	3931
14	Kitahara Rie	AKB48 Team B	3860
15	Kasai Tomomi	AKB48 Team B	3102
16	Matsui Jurina	SKE48 Team S	2843
17	Yokoyama Yui	AKB48 Team K	2753
18	Sato Amina	AKB48 Team B	2685
19	Masuda Yuka	AKB48 Team B	2201
20	Kuramochi Asuka	AKB48 Team A	1793
21	Takayanagi Akane	SKE48 Team KII	1761
-----Senbatsu line-----
22	Nakagawa Haruka	AKB48 Team A	1571
23	Akimoto Sayaka	AKB48 Team K	1502
24	Hirajima Natsumi	AKB48 Team B	1484
25	Yamamoto Sayaka	NMB48 Team N	1444
26	Umeda Ayaka	AKB48 Team K	1441
27	Miyazaki Miho	AKB48 Team B	1378
28	Suda Akari	SKE48 Team S	1139
29	Ota Aika	AKB48 Team A	1129
30	Hata Sawako	SKE48 Team KII	1118
31	Kizaki Yuria	SKE48 Team S	1053
32	Oya Shizuka	AKB48 Team A	904
33	Oya Masana	SKE48 Team S	885
34	Watanabe Miyuki	NMB48 Team N	854
35	Sato Sumire	AKB48 Team B	852
36	Matsui Sakiko	AKB48 Team K	814
37	Oba Mina	AKB48 Team Kenkyuusei	811
38	Komori Mika	AKB48 Team B	792
39	Yagami Kumi	SKE48 Team S	779
40	Fujie Reina	AKB48 Team K	778
-----Undergirls line-----

Remember to vote for the members you support! Voting started yesterday 24 May 2011, and will last until 8 June 2011. Voting tickets are included all copies, except theater, of AKB48's 21st Single Everyday, Kachuusha.


So comments! Do remember that this is only the first result, a lot of things can and will happen.
(Melos) Sato Amina: Great to see Amina in Senbatsu (for now). Hopefully this hard worker manages to keep her position but I'm not so sure. During the 1st Election, her final vote count was 6k. Unfortunately it was still 6k on the 2nd Election. That meant her fanbase didn't grow that much. Good news is that she got promoted quite a lot more compared to last year so hopefully the growth this year manages to sustain her position.
(Kieyuku) Kitahara Rie: If Rie can maintain at #14 it's really more than I can ask for. Many people are expecting her rank to drop this year.
(Moonlight) Akimoto Sayaka: Sayaka is my oshi. Of course I would love to see her in senbatsu but since I feared she might be lower, I am actually satisfied with this result. Maybe she can barely make senbatsu in end result.
Oshima Yuko, Maeda Atsuko: Looks like there's still a war between the Acchan fans and the Yuko fans+Acchan haters. Who will prevail in the end? A load can happen. Personally I don't have an issue with Yuko leading the group, she did a fantastic job last year.
Itano Tomomi: I expected her to make a leap upwards this year, maybe even get #1 after that successful solo debut. But that is quite a huge leap down, I am really surprised
Kashiwagi Yuki: Even more surprising, Yukirin at #3! Yukirin is far from being one of my favourite members but I like her enough to want her as Tean B's top. Yeah!
Sashihara Rino, Yokoyama Yui: All that pushing everywhere has paid off I guess. Congrats!
Matsui Jurina: I knew Rena was more popular than Jurina now after Majisuka Gakuen but with Rena at #9, her at #16 is quite low.

That's all for mine. What about yours?