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Constitution Alteration (Terms of Senators) 1984 proposed for the third time that Senate of Australia and House of Representatives elections be constitutionally enforced to occur on the same day. The proposal was put to a referendum in the 1984 Australian referendum.

Results

An Act to change the terms of senators so that they are no longer of fixed duration and to provide that Senate elections and House of Representatives elections are always held on the same day.

Do you approve this proposed alteration?

Result [1]
State or territory On

rolls

Ballots

issued

For Against Informal
% %
New South Wales 3,423,624 3,216,256 1,621,894 52.86 1,446,150 47.14 148,212
Victoria 2,617,291 2,475,891 1,244,451 53.20 1,094,760 46.80 136,680
Queensland 1,549,749 1,447,284 642,768 45.65 765,329 54.35 39,187
South Australia 908,424 856,226 398,127 49.98 398,463 50.02 59,636
Western Australia 858,763 806,637 358,502 46.47 412,996 53.53 35,139
Tasmania 289,142 277,100 102,762 39.29 158,777 60.71 15,561
Australian Capital Territory 150,416 140,982 76,901 56.68 58,764 43.32 5,317
Northern Territory 68,857 58,668 28,310 51.87 26,265 48.13 4,093
Total for Commonwealth 9,866,266 9,279,044 4,473,715 50.64 4,361,504 49.36 443,825
Obtained a majority in two States and an overall majority of 112,211 votes.[2]
Not carried

References

  1. ^ Handbook of the 44th Parliament (2014) "Part 5 - Referendums and Plebiscites - Referendum results". Parliamentary Library of Australia. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link).
  2. ^ Since the 1977 referendum electors in the territories were able to vote in referendums and their votes are counted towards the national total, but do not count toward the requirement for a majority of states.

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