1984 Australian referendum (Terms of Senators)
Constitution Alteration (Terms of Senators) 1984 proposed for the third time that Senate of Australia and House of Representatives elections be constitutionally enforced to occur on the same day. The proposal was put to a referendum in the 1984 Australian referendum.
Results
An Act to change the terms of senators so that they are no longer of fixed duration and to provide that Senate elections and House of Representatives elections are always held on the same day.
Do you approve this proposed alteration?
State or territory | On
rolls |
Ballots
issued |
For | Against | Informal | ||
% | % | ||||||
New South Wales | 3,423,624 | 3,216,256 | 1,621,894 | 52.86 | 1,446,150 | 47.14 | 148,212 |
Victoria | 2,617,291 | 2,475,891 | 1,244,451 | 53.20 | 1,094,760 | 46.80 | 136,680 |
Queensland | 1,549,749 | 1,447,284 | 642,768 | 45.65 | 765,329 | 54.35 | 39,187 |
South Australia | 908,424 | 856,226 | 398,127 | 49.98 | 398,463 | 50.02 | 59,636 |
Western Australia | 858,763 | 806,637 | 358,502 | 46.47 | 412,996 | 53.53 | 35,139 |
Tasmania | 289,142 | 277,100 | 102,762 | 39.29 | 158,777 | 60.71 | 15,561 |
Australian Capital Territory | 150,416 | 140,982 | 76,901 | 56.68 | 58,764 | 43.32 | 5,317 |
Northern Territory | 68,857 | 58,668 | 28,310 | 51.87 | 26,265 | 48.13 | 4,093 |
Total for Commonwealth | 9,866,266 | 9,279,044 | 4,473,715 | 50.64 | 4,361,504 | 49.36 | 443,825 |
Obtained a majority in two States and an overall majority of 112,211 votes.[2] | |||||||
Not carried |
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gollark: I mean... maybe, but it's more about making it very difficult.
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References
- Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) "Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results". Parliamentary Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017..
- Since the 1977 referendum electors in the territories were able to vote in referendums and their votes are counted towards the national total, but do not count toward the requirement for a majority of states.
See also
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