REFERENDUM OF 6 NOVEMBER 1999 =================================================================== Title 1: Constitutional Alteration (Republic) 2: Constitutional Alteration (Preamble) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 1: To amend the Constitution to establish the Commonwealth of Australia as a republic with the Queen and Governor-General being replaced by a President appointed by a two-thirds majority of the members of the Commonwealth Parliament. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 4,133,205 3,948,714 (95.2) 34,772 (00.9) Vic 3,161,187 3,016,737 (95.3) 28,063 (00.9) Qld 2,221,830 2,108,694 (94.7) 14,642 (00.7) WA 1,171,745 1,114,326 (94.7) 9,500 (00.8) SA 1,027,992 986,394 (96.0) 8,950 (00.9) Tas 325,826 315,641 (96.3) 2,857 (00.9) ACT 211,975 202,614 (95.3) 1,553 (00.8) NT 107,925 91,880 (85.0) 852 (00.9) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,361,694 11,785,000 (95.1) 101,189 (00.9) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 3,913,142 1,817,380 (46.4) 2,096,562 (53.6) * Vic 2,988,674 1,489,536 (49.8) 1,499,138 (50.2) * Qld 2,094,052 784,060 (37.4) 1,309,992 (62.6) * WA 1,104,826 458,306 (41.5) 646,520 (58.5) * SA 977,444 425,869 (43.6) 551,575 (56.4) * Tas 312,784 126,271 (40.4) 186,513 (59.6) * ACT 201,061 127,211 (63.3) + 73,850 (36.7) NT 91,028 44,391 (48.8) 46,637 (51.2) + ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,683,811 5,273,024 (45.1) 6,410,787 (54.9) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in six states and was therefore not carried. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal 1: To amend the Constitution to insert a Preamble. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 4,133,205 3,948,714 (95.2) 39,144 (01.0) Vic 3,161,187 3,016,737 (95.3) 30,341 (01.0) Qld 2,221,830 2,108,694 (94.7) 16,174 (00.8) WA 1,171,745 1,114,326 (94.7) 10,436 (00.9) SA 1,027,992 986,394 (96.0) 10,325 (01.0) Tas 325,826 315,641 (96.3) 3,343 (01.1) ACT 211,975 202,614 (95.3) 1,696 (00.8) NT 107,925 91,880 (85.0) 1,015 (01.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,361,694 11,785,000 (95.1) 112,474 (00.9) ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 3,909,338 1,647,378 (42.1) 2,261,970 (57.9) * Vic 2,986,375 1,268,044 (42.5) 1,718,331 (57.5) * Qld 2,092,485 686,644 (32.8) 1,405,841 (67.2) * WA 1,104,019 383,477 (34.7) 720,542 (65.3) * SA 976,210 371,965 (38.1) 604,245 (61.9) * Tas 312,321 111,415 (35.7) 200,906 (64.3) * ACT 200,922 87,629 (43.6) 113,293 (56.4) + NT 90,891 35,011 (38.5) 55,880 (61.5) + ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,672,561 4,591,563 (39.3) 7,080,998 (60.7) * ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in six states and was therefore not carried. -------------------------------------------------------------------