Australian referendum, 1974 (Democratic Elections)

The Constitution Alteration (Democratic Elections) 1974 was a question put to referendum

Referendum

A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...

in the Australian referendum, 1974
Australian referendum, 1974
The 1974 Australian Referendum was held on 18 May 1974. It contained four referendum questions.* Simultaneous Elections * Mode of Altering the Constitution * Democratic Elections ...

, and sought to modify the method of determining the size of electorate

Electorate

Electorate may refer to:* voters, people entitled to vote in an election* electoral district or constituency, the geographic area of a particular election* The dominion of a Prince-elector in the Holy Roman Empire...

s within each state, from being based on the number of voters in the total population to allow members of Parliament

Parliament of Australia

The Parliament of Australia, also known as the Commonwealth Parliament or Federal Parliament, is the legislative branch of the government of Australia. It is bicameral, largely modelled in the Westminster tradition, but with some influences from the United States Congress...

to be appointed by direct vote.

Results

Proposed law entitled "An Act to alter the Constitution so as to ensure that the members of the House of Representatives and of the parliaments of the states are chosen directly and democratically by the people".

Do you approve the proposed law?

Result
State	On rolls	Ballots issued	For		Against		Informal
State	On rolls	Ballots issued		%		%	Informal
New South Wales	2,834,558	2,702,903	1,345,983	%50.55	1,316,837	%49.45	40,083
Victoria	2,161,474	2,070,893	970,903	%47.71	1,064,023	%52.29	35,967
Queensland	1,154,762	1,098,401	474,337	%43.70	611,135	%56.30	12,929
South Australia	750,308	722,434	310,839	%44.11	393,857	%55.89	17,738
Western Australia	612,016	577,989	241,946	%42.86	322,587	%57.14	13,456
Tasmania	246,596	237,891	95,463	%40.81	138,430	%59.19	3,998
Total for Commonwealth	7,759,714	7,410,511	3,439,471	%47.20	3,846,869	%52.80	124,171
Obtained majority in one State and an overall minority of 407,398 votes.
Not carried

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