REFERENDUM OF 1 DECEMBER 1984 =================================================================== Title 1: Constitutional Alteration (Terms of Senators) 2: Constitutional Alteration (Interchange of Powers) ------------------------------------------------------------------- As a result of the 1977 referendum, residents of the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory could vote at referendums. Their votes contributed to the national total, but a majority of the six states was still required for a referendum to be carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3,423,624 3,216,256 (93.9) 148,212 (04.6) Vic 2,617,291 2,475,891 (94.6) 136,680 (05.5) Qld 1,549,749 1,447,284 (93.4) 39,187 (02.7) SA 908,424 856,226 (94.2) 59,636 (07.0) WA 858,763 806,637 (93.9) 35,139 (04.3) Tas 289,142 277,100 (95.8) 15,561 (05.6) ACT 150,416 140,982 (93.7) 5,317 (03.8) NT 68,857 58,668 (85.2) 4,093 (07.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,866,266 9,279,044 (94.0) 443,825 (04.8) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 3,068,044 1,621,894 (52.9) * 1,446,150 (47.1) Vic 2,339,211 1,244,451 (53.2) * 1,094,760 (46.8) Qld 1,408,097 642,768 (45.6) 765,329 (54.4) * SA 796,590 398,127 (50.0) 398,463 (50.0) * WA 771,498 358,502 (46.5) 412,996 (53.5) * Tas 261,539 102,762 (39.3) 158,777 (60.7) * ACT 135,665 76,901 (56.7) + 58,764 (43.3) NT 54,575 28,310 (51.9) + 26,265 (48.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,835,219 4,473,715 (50.6) 4,361,504 (49.4) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was approved nationally but was rejected in four states and was therefore not carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 2: To amend the Constitution to enable the Commonwealth and the states voluntarily to refer powers to each other. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 3,423,624 3,216,256 (93.9) 206,486 (06.4) Vic 2,617,291 2,475,891 (94.6) 190,190 (07.7) Qld 1,549,749 1,447,284 (93.4) 59,361 (04.1) SA 908,424 856,226 (94.2) 82,205 (09.6) WA 858,763 806,637 (93.9) 47,431 (05.9) Tas 289,142 277,100 (95.8) 23,289 (08.4) ACT 150,416 140,982 (93.7) 7,754 (05.5) NT 68,857 58,668 (85.2) 4,918 (08.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,866,266 9,279,044 (94.0) 621,634 (06.7) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 3,009,770 1,475,971 (49.0) 1,533,799 (51.0) * Vic 2,285,701 1,139,565 (49.9) 1,146,136 (50.1) * Qld 1,387,923 578,674 (41.7) 809,249 (58.3) * SA 774,021 355,588 (45.9) 418,433 (54.1) * WA 759,206 336,184 (44.3) 423,022 (55.7) * Tas 253,811 87,933 (34.6) 165,878 (65.4) * ACT 133,228 74,741 (56.1) + 58,487 (43.9) NT 53,750 25,684 (47.8) 28,066 (52.2) + ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,657,410 4,074,340 (47.1) 4,583,070 (52.9) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in six states and was therefore not carried. -------------------------------------------------------------------