AKB48 45th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo (45thシングル 選抜総選挙) will be held on June 18, 2015 at HARD OFF ECO Stadium Niigata. Fans will make their voices heard by voting for their favorite AKB48/SKE48/NMB48/HKT48/NGT48/Team Kaigai member at the eighth annual AKB48 Group members election.
The top 16 members are featured in the Senbatsu of the group's 41th single (43th single overall). Meanwhile, the 17th to 32nd place members join Undergirls for the B-side track, the 33rd to 48th place members join the Next Girls unit for the 2nd B-side track, and the 49th to 64th place members join the Future Girls for the 3rd B-side track, while the 65th to 80th place members will join the Upcoming Girls unit for the 4th B-side track.
Eligible Members
For a member to participate in the Senbatsu Sousenkyo, she must first be an active member of AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, HKT48, NGT48, or Team Kaigai as of March 23, 2016.
Eligible members who wish to run need to submit an application (available from March 23 to March 27) in order to participate.
- AKB48 (Team A: 18 members; Team K: 15 members; Team B: 14 members; Team 4: 16 members; Team 8: 47 members; AKB48 Kenkyuusei: 6 members)
- SKE48 (Team S: 18 members; Team KII: 17 members; Team E: 16 members; SKE48 Kenkyuusei: 13 members)
- NMB48 (Team N: 15 members; Team M: 18 members; Team BII: 15 members; NMB48 Kenkyuusei: 7 members)
- HKT48 (Team H: 19 members; Team KIV: 15 members; HKT48 Kenkyuusei: 10 members)
- NGT48 (Team NIII: 15 members; NGT48 Kenkyuusei: 10 members)
- Team Kaigai (2 members)
- Total: 306 members
Voting Methods
Fans will have fourteen methods of voting.
- 44th Single (TBA) serial number
- AKB48 Fanclub member
- AKB48 OFFICIAL NET membership
- AKB48 Official Smartphone App Member
- AKB48 LIVE!! ON DEMAND member
- SKE48 LIVE!! ON DEMAND member
- NMB48 LIVE!! ON DEMAND member
- HKT48 LIVE!! ON DEMAND member
- NGT48 LIVE!! ON DEMAND member
- AKB48 Mobile member
- SKE48 Mobile member
- NMB48 Mobile member
- HKT48 Mobile member
- NGT48 Mobile member
Trivia
- Eligible members who didn't apply:
- The first election to feature NGT48 members
- On March 23rd, staff members received an application from Nyannyan Kamen (にゃんにゃん仮面), which they believed was submitted by Kojima Haruna under an alternate alias. The application included inaccurate entries such as her birthday being on February 22nd, 2222. Kojima confirmed the next day that it was not her submission.
- On April 4th, the management revealed that they have accepted the application, although the one who submitted the form was yet to be revealed.[1]
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