AKB48 will be holding their third Senbatsu General Election for their 22nd single (title still unknown).�Twenty one members will be chosen by fan votes to be on the Senbatsu team.�Although the single is set to be released in August the elections will be held from late May until early June.

Fans will have a chance to vote for their favorite member to be a part of the Senbatsu team. The members up for vote consists of all 70 members of AKB48 (Team A: 16, Team K: 16, Team B: 15, Kenkyuusei: 23), the 57 members of SKE48 (Team S: 16, Team K: 16, Team E: 16, Kenkyuusei: 9) and the 25 members of NMB48 (Team N: 16, Kenkyuusei: 9). Fans will get a chance to vote from a total of 152 candidates. The top 21 will be part of the Senbatsu Team and the top 12 will be considered the media Senbatsu Team, who will be promoting the single on TV shows.

In order to vote, fans must already be registered members of the official fan club. They could also vote by getting the serial number code that comes with the regular edition of AKB48's 21st single "Everyday Kachuusha" (set to release on May 25th). Voting will take place from May 24th at 10:00am all the way to June 8th at 3:00pm. Results will be announced on June 9th. Like before, the ballots will be tabulated by a third party and will be under strict�surveillance�by lawyers.

It looks to be that this Senbatsu General Election will be another huge event for AKB48!

Source: ORICON