Details on AKB48’s “the 5th Senbatsu General Election” revealed!

I want to be very clear so I won't use a stupid name. Yeahh, this is going to be both fun but really informative. 5th Sebatsu General Election will have some big changes!!!

AKB48 will be holding their annual “Senbatsu General Election” at Nissan Stadium on June 8.

I cannot express myself.

(Taken from tokyohive):

"Not only the venue, but there will also be some differences in the previous years. Though all the members automatically  participated in the election until last year, this year’s election will be “candidacy system.”

The members who have the right to stand as a candidate are…
(1) The members in AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, and HKT48 (as of March 31)
(2) Former AKB48 members who transferred to the sister groups in overseas (Takajo Aki, Nakagawa Haruka, Suzuki Mariya, Miyazawa Sae)
(3) OG members who have been the member of AKB groups more than 4 years

Same as the previous years, 64 members will be elected for the 32nd single. Details are as follows.
(1) #1~#16 = 32nd single Senbatsu members
(2) #17-#32 = Under Girls
(3) #33-#48 = Next Girls
(4) #49-#64 = Future Girls"

and something else:


The reception desk period for the candidacy will be from March 31 at 12:00 pm ~ April 7 at 12:00 am. The members who are willing to run as a candidate need to submit a written notice to the election executive committee which is set in each theater.
The fans who can vote for the election will include those who purchase AKB48’s 31st single (currently untitled) which will go on sale on May 22, fan club members, mobile members, and so on. The time to vote for the election will be during May 21 at 10:00 am ~ June 7 at 3:00 pm (JST).

Blah blah blah!! Vote for Sae-chan!!!