REFERENDUM OF 21 MAY 1977 =================================================================== Title 1: Constitutional Alteration (Simultaneous Elections) 2: Constitutional Alteration (Senate Casual Vacancies) 3: Constitutional Alteration (Referendums) 4: Constitutional Alteration (Retirement of Judges) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 1: To amend the Constitution to require elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate to be held on the same day. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 3,007,511 2,774,388 (92.2) 42,282 (01.5) Vic 2,252,831 2,083,136 (92.5) 43,499 (02.1) Qld 1,241,426 1,138,842 (91.7) 12,932 (01.1) SA 799,243 745,990 (93.3) 17,401 (02.3) WA 682,291 617,463 (90.5) 14,354 (02.3) Tas 259,081 246,063 (95.0) 4,460 (01.8) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,242,383 7,605,882 (92.3) 134,928 (01.8) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 2,732,106 1,931,775 (70.7) * 800,331 (29.3) Vic 2,039,637 1,325,708 (65.0) * 713,929 (35.0) Qld 1,125,910 534,968 (47.5) 590,942 (52.5) * SA 728,589 480,827 (66.0) * 247,762 (34.0) WA 603,109 292,344 (46.8) 310,765 (53.2) * Tas 241,603 82,785 (34.3) 158,818 (65.7) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,470,954 4,648,407 (62.2) 2,822,547 (37.8) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was approved nationally but was rejected in three states and was therefore not carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 2: To amend the Constitution to require casual vacancies in the Senate to be filled by a person representing the same party as the departing Senator, and to stipulate that Senators appointed to casual vacancies are to serve the remainder of the departing Senatoršs term. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 3,007,511 2,774,388 (92.2) 41,999 (01.5) Vic 2,252,831 2,083,136 (92.5) 43,780 (02.1) Qld 1,241,426 1,138,842 (91.7) 12,945 (01.1) SA 799,243 745,990 (93.3) 17,504 (02.3) WA 682,291 617,463 (90.5) 14,419 (02.3) Tas 259,081 246,063 (95.0) 4,501 (01.8) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,242,383 7,605,882 (92.3) 135,148 (01.8) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 2,732,389 2,230,218 (81.6) * 502,171 (18.4) Vic 2,039,356 1,552,558 (76.1) * 486,789 (31.3) Qld 1,125,897 662,732 (58.9) * 463,165 (41.1) SA 728,486 557,950 (76.6) * 170,536 (23.4) WA 603,044 344,389 (57.1) * 258,655 (42.9) Tas 241,562 129,924 (53.8) * 111,963 (46.2) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,470,734 5,477,771 (73.3) * 1,992,963 (26.7) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was approved nationally and in six states and was therefore carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 3: To amend the Constitution to allow residents of the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory to vote in referendums. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 3,007,511 2,774,388 (92.2) 42,319 (01.5) Vic 2,252,831 2,083,136 (92.5) 44,094 (02.1) Qld 1,241,426 1,138,842 (91.7) 12,971 (01.1) SA 799,243 745,990 (93.3) 17,477 (02.3) WA 682,291 617,463 (90.5) 14,663 (02.4) Tas 259,081 246,063 (95.0) 4,533 (01.8) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,242,383 7,605,882 (92.3) 136,057 (01.8) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 2,732,069 2,292,822 (83.9) * 439,247 (16.1) Vic 2,039,042 1,647,187 (80.8) * 391,855 (19.2) Qld 1,125,871 670,820 (59.6) * 455,051 (40.4) SA 728,513 606,743 (83.3) * 121,770 (16.7) WA 602,800 437,751 (72.6) * 165,049 (27.4) Tas 241,530 150,346 (62.2) * 91,184 (37.8) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,469,825 5,805,669 (77.7) * 1,664,156 (22.3) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was approved nationally and in six states and was therefore carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 4: To amend the Constitution to require judges of federal courts to retire at seventy years of age. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 3,007,511 2,774,388 (92.2) 43,319 (01.6) Vic 2,252,831 2,083,136 (92.5) 45,358 (02.2) Qld 1,241,426 1,138,842 (91.7) 13,432 (01.2) SA 799,243 745,990 (93.3) 18,243 (02.4) WA 682,291 617,463 (90.5) 14,928 (02.4) Tas 259,081 246,063 (95.0) 4,634 (01.9) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,242,383 7,605,882 (92.3) 139,914 (01.8) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 2,731,069 2,316,999 (84.8) * 414,070 (15.2) Vic 2,037,778 1,659,273 (81.4) * 378,505 (18.6) Qld 1,125,410 734,183 (65.2) * 391,227 (34.8) SA 727,747 622,760 (85.6) * 104,987 (14.4) WA 602,535 472,228 (78.4) * 130,307 (21.6) Tas 241,429 174,951 (72.5) * 66,478 (27.5) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,465,968 5,980,394 (80.1) * 1,485,574 (19.9) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was approved nationally and in six states and was therefore carried. -------------------------------------------------------------------