1973 Australian referendum

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The 1973 Australian referendum was held on 8 December 1973. It contained two referendum questions.

Results [1]
Question NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas States in favour Voters in favour Result
(27) Prices No No No No No No 0:6 44% Not carried
(28) Incomes No No No No No No 0:6 34% Not carried

Results in detail[]

Prices[]

This section is an excerpt from 1973 Australian referendum (Prices) § Results
Result [1]
State Electoral roll Ballots issued For Against Informal
Vote % Vote %
New South Wales 2,827,989 2,618,673 1,257,499 48.55 1,332,485 51.45 28,689
Victoria 2,129,494 2,001,924 891,144 45.18 1,081,120 54.82 29,660
Queensland 1,128,417 1,055,299 402,506 38.47 643,770 61.53 9,023
South Australia 737,573 700,333 282,754 41.16 404,181 58.84 13,398
Western Australia 588,789 542,122 169,605 31.90 362,121 68.10 10,396
Tasmania 241,207 229,016 85,631 38.22 138,416 61.78 4,969
Total for Commonwealth 7,653,469 7,147,367 3,089,139 43.81 3,962,093 56.19 96,135
Results Obtained majority in no state and an overall minority of 872,954 votes. Not carried

Incomes[]

This section is an excerpt from 1973 Australian referendum (Incomes) § Results
Result [1]
State Electoral roll Ballots issued For Against Informal
Vote % Vote %
New South Wales 2,827,989 2,618,673 1,041,429 40.31 1,542,217 59.69 35,027
Victoria 2,129,494 2,001,924 657,756 33.44 1,309,302 66.56 34,866
Queensland 1,128,417 1,055,299 331,163 31.70 713,562 68.30 10,574
South Australia 737,573 700,333 193,301 28.25 490,943 71.75 16,089
Western Australia 588,789 542,122 133,531 25.21 396,199 74.79 12,392
Tasmania 241,207 229,016 63,135 28.31 159,862 71.69 6,019
Total for Commonwealth 7,653,469 7,147,367 2,420,315 34.42 4,612,085 65.58 114,967
Results Obtained majority in no state and an overall minority of 2,191,770 votes. Not carried

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) "Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results". Parliamentary Library of Australia.

Further reading[]

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