The MNL48 2nd General Election was held on April 27, 2019 at ABS-CBN Vertis Tent, Quezon City, Metro Manila. Fans can vote for their favorite member. The voting ballots were included in MNL48's 3rd single 365nichi no Kamihikouki as well as new stocks of the previous singles.
A new system was implemented where only the Top 48 members in this election will remain as official members of the group while those who ranked below will be dismissed from the group. The top 16 members will be featured in the Senbatsu for MNL48's 4th single. Members ranked 17th to 32nd will join Undergirls for the 4th single's B-side track.
It was announced that only the Top 48 ranking members will be the 2nd year members of MNL48.
Aspirants and trainees who rank in the Top 48 will replace the spots of regular members who did not manage to get in the Top 48. Those unranked members were dismissed from the group through a mass graduation ceremony.
This popularized the new term Death Sousenkyo or Death SSK among the fans.
The order of ranking announcement started with Senbatsu (#16 to #1), followed by Undergirls (#32 to #17), and then Next Girls (#33 to #48). This is the first Senbatsu Election in 48Group where the election winner was not the last to be announced.
First Senbatsu Election where number of votes in the final results was never revealed.
Jamie had the biggest ranking increase (No Rank to #6 (NEW)), while Ella had the biggest ranking decrease (#8 to No Rank (▼17)). For members who previously ranked as trainees, Rans attained the highest rank (#17 (Trainee) to #9 (NEW)).
For members who ranked in both elections, Cess had the biggest ranking increase (#48 to #19 (▲29)), while Quincy had the biggest ranking decrease (#16 to #42 (▼26)).
Due to Sayaka's (#5) graduation on June 9, 2019 before the 4th single's release, a major adjustment in the lineup was done. This is the very first time in 48Group's Senbatsu Election history.
