AKB48 32nd Single Senbatsu Election - Preliminary Votes

AKB48's 31st Single [Sayonara Crawl] was released today, and with that the voting tickets for the 32nd Single Senbatsu Election. The AKB48 Official Blog released the first and only preliminary vote count for this election.

http://ameblo.jp/akihabara48/entry-11535824621.html

Do note that this is not the final result, and there will most likely be big changes from now to the final result on July, which is the case for all the previous year's senbatsu elections.

Rank		Team	Votes	Prev Rank
-----Future Girls line-----
64	Kimoto Kanon	SKE48 Team E	2,275	56
63	Tano Yuka	AKB48 Team A	2,394	45
62	Iwasa Misaki	AKB48 Team B	2,406	33
61	Miyawaki Sakura	HKT48 Team H	2,482	47
60	Suzuki Shihori	AKB48 Team K	2,492	-
59	Yagura Fuuko	NMB48 Team M (Team A Conc)	2,535	-
58	Abe Maria	AKB48 Team K	2,595	-
57	Okamoto Naoko	HKT48 Kenkyuusei	2,660	-
56	Ishida Haruka	AKB48 Team B	2,665	50
55	Iwatate Saho	AKB48 Kenkyuusei	2,685	-
54	Kuramochi Asuka	AKB48 Team K	2,699	22
53	Kikuchi Ayaka	AKB48 Team A	2,704	51
52	Fujie Reina	AKB48 Team B	2,710	40
51	Tomonaga Mio	HKT48 Kenkyuusei	2,740	-
50	Maeda Ami	AKB48 Team A	2,761	42
49	Moriyasu Madoka	HKT48 Team H	2,809	-
-----Next Girls line-----
48	Kaneko Shiori	SKE48 Team E	2,821	-
47	Yamashita Yukari	SKE48 Team KII	2,864	-
46	Oba Mina	AKB48 Team B (Team KII Conc)	2,868	57
45	Yamada Nana	NMB48 Team M	2,872	46
44	Ichikawa Miori	AKB48 Team B (Team N Conc)	2,948	58
43	Kinoshita Yukiko	SKE48 Team E	3,072	-
42	Tashima Meru	HKT48 Kenkyuusei	3,080	-
41	Oota Aika	HKT48 Team H	3,259	52
40	Isohara Kyoka	SKE48 Team S	3,272	-
39	Yakata Miki	SKE48 Team S	3,277	62
38	Kitahara Rie	AKB48 Team K	3,507	13
37	Takajo Aki	JKT48 Team J (Team B Conc)	4,114	17
36	Katayama Haruka	AKB48 Team B	4,118	48
35	Muto Tomu	AKB48 Team K	4,195	49
34	Furukawa Airi	SKE48 Team KII	4,392	30
33	Kawaei Rina	AKB48 Team A	4,457	-
-----Under Girls line-----
32	Matsumoto Rina	SKE48 Team KII	4,493	-
31	Jonishi Kei	NMB48 Team N	4,640	-
30	Nakanishi Yuka	SKE48 Team S	4,654	63
29	Oya Masana	SKE48 Team S	4,703	27
28	Takayanagi Akane	SKE48 Team KII	4,824	24
27	Iriyama Anna	AKB48 Team A	4,864	-
26	Minegishi Minami	AKB48 Kenkyuusei	4,875	14
25	Saito Makiko	SKE48 Team S	5,051	-
24	Kodama Haruka	HKT48 Team H (Team A Conc)	5,096	-
23	Yabushita Shu	NMB48 Team BII	5,539	-
22	Umeda Ayaka	AKB48 Team B	6,030	16
21	Umemoto Madoka	SKE48 Team E	6,055	-
20	Kojima Haruna	AKB48 Team B	6,502	7
19	Kobayashi Ami	SKE48 Team KII	6,536	-
18	Takahashi Minami	AKB48 Team A	6,598	6
17	Matsumura Kaori	SKE48 Kenkyuusei	6,616	34
-----Senbatsu line-----
16	Kizaki Yuria	SKE48 Team S	6,891	31
15	Shinoda Mariko	AKB48 Team A	7,126	5
14	Itano Tomomi	AKB48 Team K	7,407	8
13	Yamamoto Sayaka	NMB48 Team N	8,097	18
12	Miyazawa Sae	SNH48 (Team K Conc)	8,567	11
11	Suda Akari	SKE48 Team KII	8,753	29
10	Watanabe Miyuki	NMB48 Team N (Team B Conc)	9,163	19
9	Yokoyama Yui	AKB48 Team K	10,616	15
8	Shibata Aya	SKE48 Team KII	8,753	-
7	Shimazaki Haruka	AKB48 Team B	11,832	23
6	Matsui Rena	SKE48 Team E	12,177	10
5	Kashiwagi Yuki	AKB48 Team B	12,887	3
4	Matsui Jurina	SKE48 Team S (Team K Conc)	13,656	9
3	Oshima Yuko	AKB48 Team K	14,000	1
2	Watanabe Mayu	AKB48 Team A	14,885	2
1	Sashihara Rino	HKT48 Team H	28,563	4

Usually, fans would submit only a few of their votes to test the market, and use the preliminary results as a guide to how they should distribute their votes amongst all their Oshimens in the various groups, or the fans would keep their votes until after the preliminary vote count, and then vote all at once so there would be a surprise sharp rise in positions, which was the case of Sato Amina in the 1st election. Unfortunately since then it's no longer a secret and is part of the tactics of many fans now, but I don't know if that's the reason why Amina did not rank at all in the preliminary results.

So it is quite shocking to see Sashihara Rino right on the no.1 spot with 28k votes, almost double that of the 2nd place holder Watanabe Mayu. During last year's preliminary results, the 1st place only had 15k votes. Do the Sasshi fans have something in mind? Or has Sasshi's fanbase grown leaps and bounds since the last election?

Another surprise is SKE48's Shibata Aya, who did not rank at all last year but somehow shot up straight to the 8th place. I don't recall Ayaya getting any major pushing the past year so I'm wondering where all this newfound fame came from. SKE's Suda Akari and Kizaki Yuria, and AKB's Shimazaki Haruka have also leaped from Under Girls to Senbatsu but those 3 have been pushed heavily.

Looking at the results overall, there seems to be just as many SKE48 members as AKB48 members. Maybe it's time SKE48 had it's own Senbatsu Election?

Do drop us a comment on who you voted for and why, and which members do you think deserve to be ranked but did not.

Stay tuned for the final result on 8th June, 2013, 05:30PM at the Nissan Stadium.