AKB48 27th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo ～Fan ga Erabu 64giseki～
The AKB48 27th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo ~Fan ga Erabu 64 Giseki~ (27thシングル 選抜総選挙 ~ファンが選ぶ64議席~) will be held on June 6, 2012 at Nippon Budokan. Fans made their voices heard by voting for their favorite AKB48/SKE48/NMB48/HKT48 member at the fourth annual AKB48 members election.
The top 16 members are featured in the groups 27th single (29th single overall). Meanwhile, the 17th to 32nd place members join the reformed Undergirls for the B-side track, the 33rd to 48th place members join the new Next Girls unit for the 2nd B-side track, and the 49th to 64th place members join the other new formed unit Future Girls for the 3rd B-side track.
Eligible Members
- AKB48 (Team A: 15 members; Team K: 15 members; Team B: 15 members; Team 4: 16 members; AKB48 Kenkyuusei: 27 members)
- SKE48 (Team S: 14 members; Team KII: 16 members; Team E: 13 members; SKE48 Kenkyuusei: 21 members)
- NMB48 (Team N: 16 members; Team M: 15 members; NMB48 Kenkyuusei: 33 members)
- HKT48 (Team H: 16 members; HKT48 Kenkyuusei: 5 members)
- Total: 237 members
Voting Methods
Fans had nine methods of voting. Voting opened on May 22, 2012 at 10:00:00 JST and closed on June 5, 2012 at 14:59:59 JST.
- "Manatsu no Sounds Good!" serial number
- AKB48 Fanclub member
- AKB48 Mobile member
- AKB48 Official Smart Phone App Member
- AKB48 LIVE!! ON DEMAND member
- AKB48 OFFICIAL NET membership
- SKE48 Mobile member
- SKE48 LIVE!! ON DEMAND member
- NMB48 Mobile member
