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The Senbatsu Election (選抜総選挙) (also known as Senbatsu Sousenkyo) is an annual event where fans can vote for their favorite AKB48, SKE48, NMB48 or HKT48 members. After the votes are submitted, the 80 members who received the most votes are announced on the day of the election. These top members who have the most votes are grouped by the ranking that they attained. The groups called Senbatsu (#1 to #16), Undergirls (#17 to #32), Next Girls (#33 to 48), Future Girls (#49 to #64) and Upcoming Girls (#65 to #80). Each of these five groups releases a song and music video in the following single.

AKB48's overseas sister groups, JKT48, BNK48 and MNL48 also have their own sousenkyo. SNH48 Group also has its own sousenkyo.

AKB48 Senbatsu Elections[]

Compilation Table[]

The below table shows members that's placed within the Senbatsu on at least one Senbatsu Election occation. Numbers indicate vote placement, while letters are shorthands for undergroups and miscellaneous

Year 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 HP
Maeda Atsuko 1 2 1 DP G 1
Oshima Yuko 2 1 2 1 2 G 1
Sashihara Rino U 19 9 4 1 2 1 1 1 G 1
Watanabe Mayu 4 5 5 2 3 1 3 2 2 G 1
Matsui Jurina 19 10 14 9 6 4 5 3 3 1 1
Shinoda Mariko 3 3 4 5 5 G 3
Takahashi Minami 5 6 7 6 8 9 4 G 4
Kojima Haruna 6 7 6 7 9 8 DP 16 G 6
Itano Tomomi 7 4 8 8 11 G 4
Sato Amina 8 18 18 U NG G 8
Kashiwagi Yuki 9 8 3 3 4 3 2 5 DP DP 2
Kasai Tomomi 10 12 16 12 G 10
Ono Erena 11 15 G 11
Akimoto Sayaka 12 17 17 U DP G 12
Kitahara Rie 13 16 13 13 U U 11 12 10 G 10
Miyazawa Sae 14 9 11 11 10 12 8 G 8
Sato Yukari 15 DP DP G 15
Minegishi Minami 16 14 15 14 U U U U U U 14
Urano Kazumi 17 DP DP G 17
Miyazaki Miho 18 21 U NG - Up - Up - - 18
Ota Aika 20 U U FG NG NG NG DP G 20
Kuramochi Asuka 21 U 21 U NG FG DP G 21
Matsui Rena U 11 10 10 7 5 DP G 5
Takajo Aki U 13 12 U U U U G 12
Nakagawa Haruka - 20 U NG DP - DP DP G 20
Yokoyama Yui - 19 15 13 13 10 11 7 6 6
Umeda Ayaka - U U 16 U NG FG G 16
Watanabe Miyuki - U 15 U 12 DP G 12
Yamamoto Sayaka U U 14 6 6 4 DP DP 4
Shimazaki Haruka U - U 12 7 9 8 G 7
Suda Akari - U U 16 10 18 7 6 2 2
Miyawaki Sakura NG U 11 7 6 4 3 3
Ikoma Rina 14 L G 14
Kawaei Rina - - U 16 DP G 16
Matsumura Kaori - - NG U U 13 DP U U 13
Takayanagi Akane - U U U U U 14 U 15 U 14
Muto Tomu FG NG U 16 10 DP 7 7
Kodama Haruka - NG U U 9 DP DP 9
Mukaichi Mion - NG 13 U 13 13
Okada Nana - FG U 14 9 5 5
Takahashi Juri - - U U 15 11 12 11
Ogino Yuka - 5 4 4
Souda Sarina - FG U 8 11 8
Shiroma Miru - - - NG NG U 12 U 12
Homma Hinata - 13 16 13
Furuhata Nao - - FG U U 14 15 14
Yoshida Akari - - FG UG FG UG 16 14 14
Oba Mina - U FG NG FG U U U 8 8
Yabuki Nako - - NG NG 9 9
Tanaka Miku - - NG U 10 10
HP Highest Position on chart
U Undergirls
NG Next Girls
FG Future Girls
UG Upcoming Girls
DP Didn't Participate
- Not Ranked into a named group
L Left (Without Graduating)
G Graduated before vote

2009[]

1st AKB48 13th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo
Center Senbatsu Undergirls
Song Iiwake Maybe Tobenai Agehachou
Member

2010[]

2nd AKB48 17th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo
Center Senbatsu Undergirls
Song Heavy Rotation Namida no SeeSaw Game
Member

2011[]

3rd AKB48 22nd Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo
Center Senbatsu Undergirls
Song Flying Get Dakishimecha Ikenai
Member

2012[]

4th AKB48 27th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo "Fan ga Erabu 64 Giseki"
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls Future Girls
Song Gingham Check Nante Bohemian Do Re Mi Fa Onchi Show Fight!
Member

2013[]

5th AKB48 32nd Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo "Yume wa Hitori ja Mirarenai"
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls Future Girls
Song Koi Suru Fortune Cookie Ai no Imi wo Kangaete Mita Kondo Koso Ecstasy Suitei Marmalade
Member

2014[]

AKB48
6th AKB48 37th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo "Yume no Genzaichi ~Rival wa Doko da~"
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls Future Girls Upcoming Girls
Song Kokoro no Placard Dareka ga Nageta Ball Hito Natsu no Hankouki Seikaku ga Warui Onna no Ko Chewing Gum no Aji ga Naku Naru Made
Member


2015[]

7th AKB48 41st Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls Future Girls Upcoming Girls
Song Halloween Night Sayonara Surfboard Mizu no Naka no Dendouritsu Kimi ni Wedding Dress wo... Kimi Dake ga Akimeiteita
Member

2016[]

8th AKB48 45th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo "Bokutachi wa Dare ni Tsuiteikeba ii"
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls Future Girls Upcoming Girls
Song LOVE TRIP/Shiawase wo Wakenasai Densetsu no Sakana Shinka Shitenee Jan Kishi ga Mieru Umi Kara 2016-nen no Invitation
Member

2017[]

9th AKB48 49th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls Future Girls Upcoming Girls
Song #SukiNanda Darashinai Aishikata Tomadotte Tameratte Jibuntachi no Koi ni Kagitte Tsuki no Kamen
Member

2018[]

10th AKB48 53rd Single Sekai Senbatsu Sousenkyo
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls Future Girls Upcoming Girls 10th World Senbatsu General Election Commemorative Category
Song Sentimental Train Sandal ja Dekinai Koi Tomodachi ja nai ka? Aru Hi Fui ni... Hitonatsu no Dekigoto Nami ga Tsutaeru Mono
Member

JKT48 Senbatsu Elections[]

2014[]

1st JKT48 6th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo
Center Senbatsu
Song Gingham Check
Member
    • Senbatsu (16 members)
    • 73 members participating

2015[]

2nd JKT48 10th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo
Center Senbatsu Undergirls
Song Kibouteki Refrain Boku Dake no value
Member

2016[]

3rd JKT48 13th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo
Center Senbatsu Undergirls
Song Mae Shika Mukanee Dakishimecha Ikenai
Member

2017[]

4th JKT48 17th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo
Center Senbatsu Undergirls
Song Suzukake Nanchara Hikaeme I love you!
Member

2018[]

5th JKT48 20th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo
Center Senbatsu Undergirls
Song High Tension Tsugi no Season
Member

2019[]

6th JKT48 Original Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo
Center Senbatsu Undergirls
Song Rapsodi Sweet & Bitter
Member

BNK48 Senbatsu Election[]

2019[]

1st BNK48 6th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo
Center Senbatsu Undergirls
Song Beginner Kimi no Koto ga Suki Dakara
Member

2020[]

2nd BNK48 9th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls
Song Heavy Rotation Hashire! Penguin Wink wa Sankai
Member

2022[]

3rd BNK48 12th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls
Song Believers Make noise Kinou Yori Motto Suki
Member

2023[]

4th BNK48 16th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls
Song Kiss Me! Dare no Koto wo Ichiban Aishiteru? Kurumi to Dialogue
Member

MNL48 Senbatsu Election[]

2018[]

1st MNL48 1st General Election
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls
Song Aitakatta N/A N/A
Member

2019[]

2nd MNL48 2nd General Election
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls
Song Kimi wa Melody Gingham Check N/A
Member

2020[]

3rd MNL48 3rd General Election
Center Senbatsu Undergirls
Song NO WAY MAN Summertime
Member
    • Senbatsu (16 members), Undergirls (16 members), Reserved Members (4 members), Kenkyuusei (12 members)
    • 62 members participating

SNH48 Senbatsu Election[]

2014[]

1st SNH48 1st General Election
Center Senbatsu
Song UZA
Member
    • Senbatsu (16 members)
    • 73 members participating

2015[]

2nd SNH48 2nd General Election
Center Senbatsu Undergirls
Song Halloween Night Sayonara Surfboard
Member

2016[]

3rd SNH48 3rd General Election
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls
Song Princess's Cloak Romantic Melody A YO AI YO
Member

2017[]

4th SNH48 4th General Election
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls Future Girls
Song Dawn in Naples Glorious Times Memories with You & I Rongzhuang Xinyang
Member

2018[]

5th SNH48 5th General Election
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls Future Girls
Song Endless Story Zhong Wu Yan Tiankong Xin Twinkle Twinkle
Member

2019[]

6th SNH48 6th General Election
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls
Song Poetry About Time Bravery You Ni
Member

2020[]

7th SNH48 7th Senbatsu Election
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls
Song YOUNG LIGHT Future
Member

2021[]

8th SNH48 8th Senbatsu Election
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls
Song Floral and Firm Fiction Being The Last Square of Manga
Member

2022[]

9th SNH48 9th Senbatsu Election
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls
Song Silk Road Light It Up Home
Member

2023[]

10th SNH48 10th Senbatsu Election
Center Senbatsu Undergirls Next Girls
Song Number One Day and Night Windless Islands
Member
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