The 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum was held on 14 October 2023. 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: more than half of the total national votes more than half of the votes in more than half of the states
National
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 Wales2,058,76441.042,957,880 58.9657,28590.80 Victoria1,846,62345.852,180,851 54.1539,03891.00 Queensland1,010,41631.792,167,957 68.2127,26688.25 Western Australia582,07736.731,002,740 63.2713,45487.50 South Australia417,74535.83748,318 64.1711,47891.75 Tasmania152,17141.06218,425 58.943,96792.03 Northern Territory43,07639.7065,429 60.3082071.45 Australian Capital Territory176,022 61.29111,19238.712,23791.36 Total6,286,89439.949,452,792 60.06155,54589.92 ResultsObtained a majority in no state and an overall minority of 3,165,898 votes. Not carried.
Electoral divisions