REFERENDUM OF 14 OCTOBER 2023 =================================================================== A proposed law to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 5,586,087 5,073,929 90.8 57,285 01.1 Vic 4,467,175 4,066,512 91.0 39,038 01.0 Qld 3,631,607 3,205,639 88.3 27,255 00.9 WA 1,826,031 1,598,271 87.5 13,454 00.8 SA 1,284,140 1,177,541 91.7 11,478 01.0 Tas 406,939 374,563 92.0 3,967 01.1 ACT 316,814 289,451 91.4 2,237 00.8 NT 152,991 109,325 71.5 820 00.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,671,784 15,895,231 89.9 155,545 01.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 5,016,644 98.9 2,058,764 41.0 2,957,880 59.0 Vic 4,027,474 99.0 1,846,623 45.9 2,180,851 54.2 Qld 3,178,373 99.1 1,010,416 31.8 2,167,957 68.2 WA 1,584,817 99.2 582,077 36.7 1,002,740 63.3 SA 1,166,063 99.0 417,745 35.8 748,318 64.2 Tas 370,596 98.9 152,171 41.1 218,425 58.9 ACT 287,214 99.2 176,022 61.3 111,192 38.7 NT 108,505 99.2 43,076 39.7 65,429 60.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,739,686 99.0 6,286,894 39.9 9,452,792 60.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in six states and was therefore not carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- VOTING BY DIVISION =================================================================== New South Wales ------------------------------------------------------------------- Division Yes No ------------------------------------------------------------------- BANKS 38,228 39.0 59,925 61.0 BARTON 44,475 45.0 54,290 55.0 BENNELONG 51,674 48.6 54,667 51.4 BEROWRA 46,602 46.7 53,260 53.3 BLAXLAND 34,476 38.3 55,648 61.8 BRADFIELD 52,255 52.1 48,025 47.9 CALARE 32,524 28.8 80,465 71.2 CHIFLEY 44,557 40.4 65,659 59.6 COOK 37,660 36.7 64,834 63.3 COWPER 40,377 34.0 78,358 66.0 CUNNINGHAM 55,620 51.9 51,624 48.1 DOBELL 38,298 35.5 69,585 64.5 EDEN-MONARO 43,323 39.8 65,615 60.2 FARRER 27,747 25.0 83,242 75.0 FOWLER 38,684 39.8 58,466 60.2 GILMORE 45,511 38.6 72,332 61.4 GRAYNDLER 75,538 74.6 25,659 25.4 GREENWAY 48,771 43.0 64,671 57.0 HUGHES 42,133 41.5 59,467 58.5 HUME 30,982 26.6 85,687 73.4 HUNTER 34,961 29.1 85,209 70.9 KINGSFORD SMITH 56,387 55.6 44,961 44.4 LINDSAY 35,490 31.0 78,974 69.0 LYNE 31,017 26.5 86,075 73.5 MACARTHUR 43,619 34.9 81,415 65.1 MACKELLAR 52,299 50.8 50,562 49.2 MACQUARIE 43,814 43.4 57,058 56.6 McMAHON 33,029 34.1 63,796 65.9 MITCHELL 47,917 40.7 69,897 59.3 NEW ENGLAND 26,158 24.7 79,846 75.3 NEWCASTLE 60,204 53.5 52,260 46.5 NORTH SYDNEY 61,692 59.9 41,254 40.1 PAGE 37,443 33.0 75,936 67.0 PARKES 20,859 21.2 77,723 78.8 PARRAMATTA 42,734 45.4 51,476 54.6 PATERSON 37,243 30.0 86,891 70.0 REID 52,659 50.6 51,375 49.4 RICHMOND 48,067 43.9 61,348 56.1 RIVERINA 26,810 24.9 80,772 75.1 ROBERTSON 44,579 43.4 58,197 56.6 SHORTLAND 41,463 38.4 66,551 61.6 SYDNEY 73,333 70.9 30,100 29.1 WARRINGAH 57,347 59.5 38,967 40.5 WATSON 1 39,490 42.1 54,414 57.9 WENTWORTH 56,732 62.6 33,973 37.4 WERRIWA 41,941 36.8 72,107 63.2 WHITLAM 42,042 35.8 75,264 64.2 Victoria ------------------------------------------------------------------- Division Yes No ------------------------------------------------------------------- ASTON 43,201 42.1 59,473 57.9 BALLARAT 43,941 42.1 60,399 57.9 BENDIGO 42,726 40.5 62,684 59.5 BRUCE 42,401 42.5 57,495 57.5 CALWELL 38,637 40.1 57,742 59.9 CASEY 45,674 42.4 62,122 57.6 CHISHOLM 50,919 50.4 50,099 49.6 COOPER 66,053 65.8 34,369 34.2 CORANGAMITE 52,567 48.0 56,875 52.0 CORIO 47,666 46.0 56,009 54.0 DEAKIN 51,213 48.4 54,494 51.6 DUNKLEY 44,996 44.2 56,844 55.8 FLINDERS 44,984 42.7 60,499 57.3 FRASER 56,054 57.0 42,226 43.0 GELLIBRAND 52,917 52.5 47,852 47.5 GIPPSLAND 29,635 27.9 76,488 72.1 GOLDSTEIN 57,942 56.2 45,235 43.8 GORTON 41,608 39.1 64,903 60.9 HAWKE 35,481 35.7 63,973 64.3 HIGGINS 60,789 61.1 38,634 38.9 HOLT 43,179 43.0 57,283 57.0 HOTHAM 51,982 49.8 52,394 50.2 INDI 36,289 33.1 73,315 66.9 ISAACS 52,454 50.6 51,274 49.4 JAGAJAGA 58,070 54.6 48,210 45.4 KOOYONG 63,253 59.9 42,433 40.2 LA TROBE 39,916 38.5 63,787 61.5 LALOR 48,124 46.9 54,508 53.1 MACNAMARA 63,584 64.6 34,833 35.4 MALLEE 23,901 21.7 86,273 78.3 MARIBYRNONG 51,674 51.3 49,070 48.7 McEWEN 42,268 39.9 63,639 60.1 MELBOURNE 77,741 77.2 22,949 22.8 MENZIES 46,820 45.1 56,891 54.9 MONASH 35,884 34.3 68,625 65.7 NICHOLLS 25,806 24.8 78,437 75.2 SCULLIN 37,486 38.1 60,896 61.9 WANNON 35,015 32.4 73,102 67.6 WILLS 63,773 64.9 34,517 35.1 Queensland ------------------------------------------------------------------- Division Yes No ------------------------------------------------------------------- BLAIR 34,395 29.7 81,535 70.3 BONNER 40,622 40.4 59,923 59.6 BOWMAN 30,282 28.1 77,314 71.9 BRISBANE 63,056 56.0 49,533 44.0 CAPRICORNIA 19,202 19.3 80,280 80.7 DAWSON 19,921 20.0 79,797 80.0 DICKSON 36,517 34.6 69,083 65.4 FADDEN 29,902 26.4 83,337 73.6 FAIRFAX 39,013 34.7 73,456 65.3 FISHER 36,509 31.4 79,814 68.6 FLYNN 16,454 16.3 84,617 83.7 FORDE 29,975 28.2 76,431 71.8 GRIFFITH 61,128 56.0 47,994 44.0 GROOM 24,894 23.7 80,253 76.3 HERBERT 24,921 24.3 77,586 75.7 HINKLER 21,535 19.6 88,488 80.4 KENNEDY 20,697 20.3 81,090 79.7 LEICHHARDT 34,179 34.5 65,044 65.5 LILLEY 48,455 46.6 55,606 53.4 LONGMAN 29,361 24.7 89,691 75.3 MARANOA 15,594 15.4 85,768 84.6 McPHERSON 35,801 35.1 66,246 64.9 MONCRIEFF 32,038 30.8 71,967 69.2 MORETON 46,961 49.3 48,263 50.7 OXLEY 41,016 40.3 60,899 59.7 PETRIE 37,828 33.2 76,214 66.8 RANKIN 32,835 35.3 60,288 64.7 RYAN 54,466 52.7 48,875 47.3 WIDE BAY 26,679 25.2 79,237 74.8 WRIGHT 26,180 22.7 89,328 77.3 Western Australia ------------------------------------------------------------------- Division Yes No ------------------------------------------------------------------- BRAND 32,193 30.8 72,252 69.2 BURT 32,786 33.4 65,326 66.6 CANNING 24,866 23.7 80,104 76.3 COWAN 39,995 37.5 66,628 62.5 CURTIN 55,891 51.5 52,741 48.5 DURACK 27,946 27.9 72,269 72.1 FORREST 32,331 31.0 71,974 69.0 FREMANTLE 49,949 47.0 56,341 53.0 HASLUCK 37,676 34.9 70,419 65.1 MOORE 41,463 37.7 68,413 62.3 O'CONNOR 25,937 24.5 80,005 75.5 PEARCE 32,408 31.3 71,111 68.7 PERTH 57,950 53.7 50,005 46.3 SWAN 44,813 42.7 60,009 57.3 TANGNEY 45,873 41.3 65,143 58.7 South Australia ------------------------------------------------------------------- Division Yes No ------------------------------------------------------------------- ADELAIDE 57,227 49.3 58,769 50.7 BARKER 25,159 21.9 89,769 78.1 BOOTHBY 56,966 48.0 61,756 52.0 GREY 23,377 20.6 90,305 79.4 HINDMARSH 45,307 38.4 72,565 61.6 KINGSTON 40,585 35.7 73,060 64.3 MAKIN 35,883 32.1 75,834 67.9 MAYO 49,995 40.2 74,450 59.8 SPENCE 32,303 27.8 84,000 72.2 STURT 50,943 42.9 67,810 57.1 Tasmania ------------------------------------------------------------------- Division Yes No ------------------------------------------------------------------- BASS 27,747 38.3 44,670 61.7 BRADDON 21,159 27.9 54,810 72.1 CLARK 39,204 58.1 28,251 41.9 FRANKLIN 38,267 50.6 37,339 49.4 LYONS 25,794 32.6 53,355 67.4 Australian Capital Territory ------------------------------------------------------------------- Division Yes No ------------------------------------------------------------------- BEAN 56,937 56.3 44,131 43.7 CANBERRA 65,294 70.6 27,205 29.4 FENNER 53,791 57.4 39,856 42.6 Northern Territory ------------------------------------------------------------------- Division Yes No ------------------------------------------------------------------- LINGIARI 22,274 43.5 28,885 56.5 SOLOMON 20,802 36.3 36,544 63.7