REFERENDUM OF 29 MAY 1948
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Title: Constitutional Alteration (Rents and Prices)
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Proposal: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth 
power over rents and prices.

State       Enrolment        Turnout          Informal   
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NSW         1,880,779      1,762,091 (93.7)     26,269 (01.5)
Vic         1,351,853      1,270,037 (93.9)     16,739 (01.3)
Qld           669,555        617,678 (92.2)      7,487 (01.2)
SA            422,809        402,778 (95.3)      6,169 (01.5)
WA            301,223        278,282 (92.4)      4,589 (01.6)
Tas           157,668        145,135 (92.0)      2,853 (02.0)
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Total       4,783,887      4,476,001 (93.6)     64,106 (01.4)
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State         Formal        For                  Against
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NSW         1,735,822       723,183 (41.7)     1,012,639 (58.3) *
Vic         1,253,298       559,361 (44.6)       693,937 (55.4) *
Qld           610,191       187,955 (30.8)       422,236 (69.2) *
SA            396,609       167,171 (42.2)       229,438 (57.8) *
WA            273,693       105,605 (38.6)       168,088 (61.4) *
Tas           142,282        50,437 (35.4)        91,845 (64.6) *
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Total       4,411,895     1,793,712 (40.6)     2,618,183 (59.4) *
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The proposal was rejected nationally and in six states and was 
therefore not carried.
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