[caption id="attachment_154601" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="AKB48 Team A's Maeda Atsuko (left) and Team K's Oshima Yuko (right) are 2nd and 1st place in the preliminary results."][/caption]

The preliminary results for AKB48's third Senbatsu General Election were revealed on May 25th, and last year's 1st place winner Oshima Yuko currently�leads 2nd place Maeda Atsuko by 704 votes. In last year's election, Oshima beat Maeda by a small margin of 600 votes in the final results. Team B Captain Kashiwagi Yuki is currently in 3rd place, which is quite a surprising result to fans.

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Voting started on May 24th and will continue until June 8th. The election encompasses AKB48 members and research students (70 total), SKE48 members (57 total), and NMB48 members (25 total) for a total of 152 people. The members elected to the top 21 spots will be featured in AKB48's 22nd single, while 22~40 place will form a unit called "Undergirls" and sing the B-side track.

Since it's only one day into voting, the final election results can vary greatly from the preliminary results shown below.

Where does your favorite stand? �Check it out below!

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1 Oshima Yuko (17156)
2 Maeda Atsuko (16452)
3 Kashiwagi Yuki (12056)
4 Takahashi Minami (8633)
5 Watanabe Mayu (8582)
6 Shinoda Mariko (8016)
7 Sashihara Rino (7357)
8 Itano Tomomi (6596)
9 Matsui Rena (SKE48, 6559)
10 Kojima Haruna (6534)
11 Miyazawa Sae (5157)
12 Takajo Aki (5096)
13 Minegishi Minami (3931)
14 Kitahara Rie (3860)
15 Kasai Tomomi (3102)
16 Matsui Jurina (SKE48, 2843)
17 Yokoyama Yui (2753)
18 Sato Amina (2684)
19 Masuda Yuka (2201)
20 Kuramochi Asuka (1793)
21 Takayanagi Akane (SKE48, 1761)
22 Nakagawa Haruka (1571)
23 Akimoto Sayaka (1502)
24 Hirajima Natsumi (1484)
25 Yamamoto Sayaka (NMB48, 1444)
26 Umeda Ayaka (1441)
27 Miyazaki Miho (1378)
28 Suda Akari (SKE48, 1139)
29 Oota Aika (1129)
30 Hata Sawako (SKE48, 1118)
31 Kizaki Yuria (SKE48, 1053)
32 Ooya Shizuka (904)
33 Ooya Masana (SKE48, 885)
34 Watanabe Miyuki (NMB48, 854)
35 Sato Sumire (852)
36 Matsui Sakiko (814)
37 Ooba Mina (Research Student, 811)
38 Komori Mika (792)
39 Yagami Kumi (SKE48, 779)
40 Fujie Reina (778)

Source + Photo: Mantan Web & Real Live