AKB48's 2017 General Election's preliminary results have been announced, and the results surprises the fans, because the 1st place is NGT48 Team NIII vice captain Ogino Yuka (55,061 votes), she was ranked 95 place (9,403 votes) at last General Election.

Some fans question if it is a bug in their mobile/mail voting system, for this, AKB48's management (AKS) clarifies the results are correct.

Preliminary results Top 4:
1. Ogino Yuka (55,061 votes)
2. Matsui Jurina (34,641 votes)
3. Sashihara Rino (32,340 votes)
4. Watanabe Mayu (27,614 votes) 


Reference: AKB48 official web site
https://www.akb48.co.jp/sousenkyo49th/news/34

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