REFERENDUM OF 22 SEPTEMBER 1951
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Title: Constitutional Alteration (Power to Deal with Communists and
Communism)
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Proposal: To amend the Constitution to give the Commonwealth 
power to make laws in respect of Communists and Communism where 
this was ³necessary for the security of the Commonwealth.²

State       Enrolment        Turnout          Informal   
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NSW         1,944,219      1,861,147 (95.7)     25,441 (01.4)
Vic         1,393,556      1,326,024 (95.1)     18,692 (01.4)
Qld           709,328        675,916 (95.3)      6,741 (01.0)
SA            442,983        427,253 (96.4)      6,519 (01.5)
WA            319,383        305,653 (95.7)      6,167 (02.0)
Tas           164,868        158,596 (96.4)      3,093 (02.0)
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Total       4,984,337      4,754,589 (95.4)     66,653 (01.4)
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State         Formal        For                  Against
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NSW         1,835,706       865,838 (47.2)       969,868 (52.8) *
Vic         1,307,332       636,819 (48.7)       670,513 (51.3) *
Qld           669,175       373,156 (55.8) *     296,019 (44.2)
SA            420,734       198,971 (47.3)       221,763 (52.7) *
WA            299,486       164,989 (55.1) *     134,497 (44.9)
Tas           155,503        78,154 (50.3) *      77,349 (49.7)
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Total       4,687,936     2,317,927 (49.4)     2,370,009 (50.6) *
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The proposal was rejected nationally and in three states and was 
therefore not carried.
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