Results of the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum

The 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum was held on 14 October 2023.[1] Voters were asked if they approved an alteration to the Australian Constitution that would recognise Indigenous Australians in the document through prescribing a body called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. The referendum failed to get either of the two majorities in favour that were both required for the Constitution to be changed:[2]

  • more than half of the total national votes
  • more than half of the votes in more than half of the states

2013 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum
14 October 2023 (2023-10-14)
A Proposed Law: To alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.
Do you approve this proposed alteration?
Votes counted
86.5%
as of 26 October 2023, 11.13 pm AEDT
OutcomeNot carried. A majority "no" vote nationally and in all states.
WebsiteOfficial results
Results
Choice
 Votes  %
Yes 6,003,793 39.66%
No 9,135,820 60.34%
Valid votes 15,139,613 99.01%
Invalid or blank votes 150,844 0.99%
Total votes 15,290,457 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 17,676,347 TBD%
Results by federal electoral division and state or territory
This article is part of a series on the
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Voice
Proposed Australian federal Indigenous advisory body to represent Indigenous communities.
Background
2023 referendum
See also

National
Australian Indigenous Voice referendum
Choice Votes  %
Referendum failed No 9,125,294 60.36
Yes 5,993,801 39.64
Valid votes 14,480,973 99.01
Invalid or blank votes 150,637 0.99
Total votes 15,269,732 100.00
Source: Australian Electoral Commission – Tally Room[3]

States and territories

Votes cast in the territories are included in the national total for the purposes of determining a national majority, but the territories are not counted for the purposes of determining a majority of states.

Breakdown of voting by state and territory
State/territory Yes No Invalid Turnout (%)
Votes  % Votes  %
New South Wales 1,965,625 40.70 2,863,404 59.30 55,670 87.41
Victoria 1,770,570 45.48 2,122,287 54.52 38,012 87.96
Queensland 942,177 31.35 2,063,295 68.65 25,897 83.45
Western Australia 549,006 36.51 954,732 63.49 12,873 83.03
South Australia 407,858 35.66 735,830 64.34 11,295 89.99
Tasmania 149,263 40.99 214,874 59.01 3,924 90.43
Northern Territory[lower-alpha 1] 41,216 39.59 62,904 60.41 784 87.82
Australian Capital Territory[lower-alpha 2] 168,086 60.89 107,968 39.11 2,182 68.57
Total for Commonwealth 5,993,801 39.64 9,125,294 60.36 150,637 86.39
Results Obtained a majority in no state and an overall minority of 3,131,493 votes. Not carried.

Electoral divisions
Voters lined up at a polling booth in Canning Vale, Perth.
Breakdown of voting by electorate
Electorate Yes votes Yes (%) No votes No (%) Informal votes Parliamentary seat held by
Adelaide 55,409 49.04 57,574 50.96 1,188 Labor
Aston 40,618 41.64 56,920 58.36 1,034 Labor
Ballarat 43,125 41.99 59,587 58.01 1,048 Labor
Banks 37,670 38.86 59,261 61.14 1,344 Liberal
Barker 24,565 21.71 88,570 78.29 974 Liberal
Barton 40,579 44.23 51,161 55.77 1,377 Labor
Bass 27,123 38.13 44,019 61.87 753 Liberal
Bean 55,370 56.17 43,200 43.83 870 Labor
Bendigo 42,010 40.35 62,103 59.65 997 Labor
Bennelong 49,763 48.35 53,165 51.65 1,135 Labor
Berowra 44,159 46.64 50,522 53.36 830 Liberal
Blair 30,333 29.30 73,208 70.70 1,008 Labor
Blaxland 32,344 38.03 52,699 61.97 2,313 Labor
Bonner 36,248 39.76 54,924 60.24 687 Liberal
Boothby 55,938 47.86 60,934 52.14 1,136 Labor
Bowman 27,112 27.56 71,262 72.44 814 Liberal
Braddon 20,264 27.56 53,260 72.44 829 Liberal
Bradfield 49,988 51.85 46,429 48.15 873 Liberal
Brand 31,551 30.74 71,082 69.26 921 Labor
Brisbane 56,660 55.84 44,813 44.16 695 Greens
Bruce 40,709 42.23 55,700 57.77 1,066 Labor
Burt 31,750 33.24 63,758 66.76 847 Labor
Calare 31,889 28.62 79,538 71.38 1,070 Independent
Calwell 37,976 40.03 56,884 59.97 1,478 Labor
Canberra 60,467 70.09 25,804 29.91 596 Labor
Canning 23,931 23.50 77,889 76.50 857 Liberal
Capricornia 18,476 19.21 77,701 80.79 649 Liberal
Casey 44,118 42.22 60,379 57.78 1,085 Liberal
Chifley 42,331 40.23 62,881 59.77 1,523 Labor
Chisholm 47,103 49.89 47,310 50.11 816 Labor
Clark 38,910 58.00 28,172 42.00 657 Independent
Cook 36,525 36.50 63,535 63.50 1,052 Liberal
Cooper 63,670 65.51 33,526 34.49 959 Labor
Corangamite 49,509 47.80 54,075 52.20 938 Labor
Corio 44,931 45.54 53,742 54.46 1,015 Labor
Cowan 36,922 37.09 62,613 62.91 1,133 Labor
Cowper 38,053 33.62 75,141 66.38 1,385 Nationals
Cunningham 55,075 51.79 51,262 48.21 1,203 Labor
Curtin 53,687 51.21 51,152 48.79 806 Independent
Dawson 19,080 19.74 77,592 80.26 715 Liberal
Deakin 49,612 48.34 53,021 51.66 893 Liberal
Dickson 32,854 33.97 63,869 66.03 770 Liberal
Dobell 37,286 35.44 67,919 64.56 1,239 Labor
Dunkley 44,281 44.04 56,275 55.96 995 Labor
Durack 25,516 27.61 66,894 72.39 691 Liberal
Eden-Monaro 41,785 39.53 63,910 60.47 1,063 Labor
Fadden 28,442 26.11 80,470 73.89 1,289 Liberal
Fairfax 37,085 34.29 71,078 65.71 986 Liberal
Farrer 27,451 24.92 82,694 75.08 1,006 Liberal
Fenner 52,249 57.28 38,964 42.72 716 Labor
Fisher 34,789 31.04 77,306 68.96 1,137 Liberal
Flinders 44,145 42.49 59,758 57.51 1,026 Liberal
Flynn 15,538 16.05 81,242 83.95 610 Liberal
Forde 28,402 28.02 72,956 71.98 1,160 Liberal
Forrest 31,213 30.78 70,190 69.22 946 Liberal
Fowler 36,936 39.70 56,099 60.30 1,703 DLFCN
Franklin 38,091 50.54 37,274 49.46 756 Labor
Fraser 54,387 56.86 41,265 43.14 1,002 Labor
Fremantle 47,315 46.72 53,951 53.28 949 Labor
Gellibrand 51,741 52.39 47,022 47.61 895 Labor
Gilmore 44,843 38.47 71,735 61.53 1,124 Labor
Gippsland 28,964 27.72 75,529 72.28 933 Nationals
Goldstein 54,819 55.70 43,603 44.30 790 Independent
Gorton 39,867 38.73 63,076 61.27 1,156 Labor
Grayndler 71,263 74.39 24,539 25.61 775 Labor
Greenway 45,554 42.78 60,924 57.22 1,146 Labor
Grey 22,739 20.34 89,078 79.66 922 Liberal
Griffith 55,705 55.84 44,062 44.16 889 Greens
Groom 23,815 23.45 77,741 76.55 686 Liberal
Hasluck 35,945 34.71 67,625 65.29 822 Labor
Hawke 34,494 35.49 62,693 64.51 1,008 Labor
Herbert 24,255 24.16 76,141 75.84 731 Liberal
Higgins 58,137 60.85 37,407 39.15 721 Labor
Hindmarsh 44,717 38.32 71,966 61.68 1,263 Labor
Hinkler 21,138 19.49 87,341 80.51 754 Liberal
Holt 41,986 42.82 56,060 57.18 988 Labor
Hotham 50,062 49.59 50,886 50.41 1,144 Labor
Hughes 41,090 41.37 58,234 58.63 920 Liberal
Hume 29,778 26.39 83,053 73.61 987 Liberal
Hunter 33,035 28.81 81,645 71.19 1,158 Labor
Indi 35,105 32.75 72,086 67.25 932 Independent
Isaacs 50,883 50.51 49,861 49.49 1,055 Labor
Jagajaga 55,608 54.41 46,585 45.59 997 Labor
Kennedy 20,010 20.12 79,445 79.88 651 KAP
Kingsford Smith 54,846 55.39 44,178 44.61 1,071 Labor
Kingston 39,643 35.63 71,624 64.37 1,202 Labor
Kooyong 60,960 59.68 41,189 40.32 722 Independent
La Trobe 37,099 38.14 60,159 61.86 869 Liberal
Lalor 44,954 46.75 51,211 53.25 968 Labor
Leichhardt 33,386 34.27 64,037 65.73 816 Liberal
Lilley 45,828 46.43 52,868 53.57 807 Labor
Lindsay 33,867 30.80 76,076 69.20 1,306 Liberal
Lingiari 21,061 43.72 27,115 56.28 357 Labor
Longman 26,967 24.35 83,790 75.65 1,037 Liberal
Lyne 29,431 26.20 82,911 73.80 1,015 Nationals
Lyons 24,875 32.30 52,149 67.70 929 Labor
Macarthur 41,620 34.72 78,263 65.28 1,552 Labor
Mackellar 50,457 50.50 49,465 49.50 1,021 Independent
Macnamara 58,621 64.11 32,823 35.89 810 Labor
Macquarie 42,328 43.41 55,182 56.59 975 Labor
Makin 34,529 31.96 73,519 68.04 1,118 Labor
Mallee 23,642 21.60 85,803 78.40 824 Nationals
Maranoa 14,438 15.02 81,661 84.98 543 Nationals
Maribyrnong 50,045 50.95 48,188 49.05 997 Labor
Mayo 48,959 40.02 73,368 59.98 1,198 Centre Alliance
McEwen 41,269 39.72 62,624 60.28 927 Labor
McMahon 31,175 33.89 60,815 66.11 1,674 Labor
McPherson 33,296 34.54 63,092 65.46 1,210 Liberal
Melbourne 71,721 76.89 21,557 23.11 649 Greens
Menzies 44,335 44.84 54,546 55.16 959 Liberal
Mitchell 45,277 40.42 66,743 59.58 941 Liberal
Monash 33,772 33.91 65,830 66.09 972 Liberal
Moncrieff 30,064 30.42 68,781 69.58 1,093 Liberal
Moore 38,010 37.40 63,628 62.60 821 Liberal
Moreton 44,349 49.01 46,135 50.99 938 Labor
New England 25,875 24.58 79,405 75.42 907 Nationals
Newcastle 57,468 53.35 50,248 46.65 1,178 Labor
Nicholls 25,360 24.57 77,875 75.43 914 Nationals
North Sydney 56,481 59.41 38,588 40.59 801 Independent
O'Connor 22,588 23.80 72,334 76.20 702 Liberal
Oxley 36,931 39.80 55,871 60.20 967 Labor
Page 35,405 32.51 73,512 67.49 1,193 Nationals
Parkes 20,602 21.07 77,192 78.93 988 Nationals
Parramatta 40,184 45.07 48,970 54.93 1,173 Labor
Paterson 35,352 29.75 83,476 70.25 1,294 Labor
Pearce 30,160 31.16 66,621 68.84 843 Labor
Perth 56,451 53.54 48,983 46.46 985 Labor
Petrie 34,570 32.69 71,173 67.31 857 Liberal
Rankin 30,566 35.01 56,731 64.99 1,008 Labor
Reid 50,855 50.43 49,996 49.57 1,001 Labor
Richmond 45,397 43.39 59,231 56.61 1,443 Labor
Riverina 25,452 24.67 77,732 75.33 987 Nationals
Robertson 42,426 43.07 56,078 56.93 1,056 Labor
Ryan 52,081 52.44 47,239 47.56 643 Greens
Scullin 36,298 37.85 59,613 62.15 1,340 Labor
Shortland 38,977 38.09 63,347 61.91 1,157 Labor
Solomon 20,155 36.03 35,789 63.97 427 Labor
Spence 31,483 27.68 82,252 72.32 1,226 Labor
Sturt 49,876 42.69 66,945 57.31 1,068 Liberal
Swan 39,666 42.15 54,440 57.85 753 Labor
Sydney 67,618 70.56 28,216 29.44 838 Labor
Tangney 44,301 41.07 63,572 58.93 797 Labor
Wannon 34,094 32.06 72,261 67.94 996 Liberal
Warringah 54,124 59.06 37,523 40.94 794 Independent
Watson 37,142 41.63 52,087 58.37 1,985 Labor
Wentworth 53,498 61.96 32,851 38.04 820 Independent
Werriwa 40,769 36.72 70,268 63.28 1,881 Labor
Whitlam 41,602 35.77 74,705 64.23 1,393 Labor
Wide Bay 25,847 25.01 77,501 74.99 855 Liberal
Wills 60,540 64.55 33,255 35.45 1,094 Labor
Wright 23,912 22.31 83,265 77.69 892 Liberal

Notes
  1. In accordance with the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984, residents of the territories of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands are included in the Northern Territory for electoral purposes.[4]
  2. In accordance with the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984, residents of the territories of Jervis Bay Territory and Norfolk Island are included in the Australian Capital Territory for electoral purposes.[4]

References
  1. Butler, Josh (30 August 2023). "Indigenous voice to parliament referendum date announced as 14 October". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  2. "Referendums and changing Australia's constitution". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  3. "AEC Tally Room". Australian Electoral Commission. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  4. "Section 3: Interpretation". Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984. Federal Register of Legislation. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
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