Results of the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum information
2023 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?
Outcome
Not carried. A majority "no" vote nationally and in all states.
Website
Official results
Results
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
6,286,894
39.94%
No
9,452,792
60.06%
Valid votes
15,739,686
99.02%
Invalid or blank votes
155,545
0.98%
Total votes
15,895,231
100.00%
Registered voters/turnout
17,671,784
89.95%
Results by state and territory
Results by federal electoral division
Results by state or territory, and division
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
Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians
Reconciliation in Australia
Indigenous treaties in Australia
Australian Indigenous sovereignty
2023 referendum
Opinion polling
Endorsements
Results
See also
Uluru Statement from the Heart
State and territory voices
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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
^Butler, Josh (30 August 2023). "Indigenous voice to parliament referendum date announced as 14 October". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
^"Referendums and changing Australia's constitution". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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