2023 Referendum

National results

Updated: Thu, 02 Nov 2023 3:46:22 PM AEDT

Things to know

For the referendum to pass, the proposed alteration must be approved by:

a national majority of voters, and
a majority of voters in a majority of the states (at least four out of the six states).

Enrolment: 17,671,784
Turnout: 15,895,231

Referendum

National majority percentage
Answer	Percentage
Yes	39.94
No	60.06

Based on votes counted so far, zero out of six states have a majority of 'yes' votes.

NSW majority percentage
Answer	Percentage
Yes	41.04
No	58.96

QLD majority percentage
Answer	Percentage
Yes	31.79
No	68.21

SA majority percentage
Answer	Percentage
Yes	35.83
No	64.17

TAS majority percentage
Answer	Percentage
Yes	41.06
No	58.94

VIC majority percentage
Answer	Percentage
Yes	45.85
No	54.15

WA majority percentage
Answer	Percentage
Yes	36.73
No	63.27

This table provides the number and percentage of 'yes' and 'no' votes for the referendum for each state and territory.

This table is sortable by selecting on column headers.

Notes:

Results by state
State	Yes	Yes %	No	No %	Informal	Turnout %
NSW	2,058,764	41.04	2,957,880	58.96	57,285	90.83%
VIC	1,846,623	45.85	2,180,851	54.15	39,038	91.03%
QLD	1,010,416	31.79	2,167,957	68.21	27,266	88.27%
SA	417,745	35.83	748,318	64.17	11,478	91.70%
WA	582,077	36.73	1,002,740	63.27	13,454	87.53%
TAS	152,171	41.06	218,425	58.94	3,967	92.04%
NT	43,076	39.70	65,429	60.30	820	71.46%
ACT	176,022	61.29	111,192	38.71	2,237	91.36%
National	6,286,894	39.94	9,452,792	60.06	155,545	89.95%