1997 Cabinet Confidentiality:
Yes 52.6%  No 47.4%

Referendum on the Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 1997 (Cabinet confidentiality)

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Constituency Yes No Turnout Spoilt
National Result
52.6%
(632,777)
47.4%
(569,175)
47.2%
(1,268,043)
5.2%
(66,091)
53.0%
(21,487)
47.0%
(19,073)
51.3%
(43,073)
5.8%
(2,513)
60.0%
(22,232)
40.0%
(14,827)
48.7%
(39,862)
7.0%
(2,803)
55.5%
(18,211)
44.5%
(14,578)
50.0%
(34,867)
6.0%
(2,078)
53.5%
(16,833)
46.5%
(14,620)
53.1%
(33,307)
5.6%
(1,854)
48.8%
(15,073)
51.2%
(15,838)
45.8%
(32,442)
4.7%
(1,531)
54.4%
(14,086)
45.6%
(11,787)
60.3%
(27,972)
7.5%
(2,099)
49.0%
(20,515)
51.0%
(21,319)
52.8%
(43,792)
4.5%
(1,958)
56.6%
(14,480)
43.4%
(11,104)
57.8%
(27,441)
6.8%
(1,857)
55.4%
(10,679)
44.6%
(8,596)
39.8%
(20,607)
6.5%
(1,332)
58.1%
(11,575)
41.9%
(8,339)
41.7%
(21,234)
6.2%
(1,320)
52.7%
(11,032)
47.3%
(9,907)
34.6%
(21,786)
3.9%
(847)
52.4%
(14,887)
47.6%
(13,524)
46.7%
(29,353)
3.2%
(942)
49.8%
(14,981)
50.2%
(15,119)
47.4%
(31,163)
3.4%
(1,063)
50.9%
(12,123)
49.1%
(11,706)
42.0%
(24,677)
3.4%
(848)
51.4%
(11,780)
48.6%
(11,149)
39.8%
(23,738)
3.4%
(809)
46.7%
(20,171)
53.3%
(23,043)
50.5%
(44,721)
3.4%
(1,507)
49.8%
(13,684)
50.2%
(13,771)
42.5%
(28,522)
3.7%
(1,067)
43.3%
(11,794)
56.7%
(15,417)
45.6%
(28,343)
4.0%
(1,132)
54.1%
(13,554)
45.9%
(11,512)
34.7%
(26,036)
3.7%
(970)
51.7%
(13,070)
48.3%
(12,205)
40.0%
(26,203)
3.5%
(928)
47.2%
(19,069)
52.8%
(21,346)
48.9%
(41,839)
3.4%
(1,424)
55.9%
(16,019)
44.1%
(12,628)
51.3%
(30,751)
6.8%
(2,104)
50.3%
(16,437)
49.7%
(16,239)
45.8%
(34,877)
6.3%
(2,201)
51.8%
(11,104)
48.2%
(10,317)
45.2%
(22,944)
6.6%
(1,523)
55.1%
(11,623)
44.9%
(9,490)
48.3%
(22,679)
6.9%
(1,566)
51.4%
(11,371)
48.6%
(10,755)
45.4%
(22,975)
3.7%
(849)
53.7%
(10,284)
46.3%
(8,875)
42.6%
(19,981)
4.1%
(822)
54.1%
(21,083)
45.9%
(17,852)
49.8%
(41,359)
5.9%
(2,424)
48.0%
(16,213)
52.0%
(17,558)
46.9%
(35,510)
4.9%
(1,739)
53.4%
(12,106)
46.6%
(10,567)
52.5%
(24,499)
7.5%
(1,826)
53.3%
(16,281)
46.7%
(14,268)
52.4%
(32,596)
6.3%
(2,047)
55.9%
(16,725)
44.1%
(13,191)
44.4%
(31,331)
4.5%
(1,415)
55.4%
(21,593)
44.6%
(17,366)
48.7%
(41,514)
6.2%
(2,555)
54.5%
(20,299)
45.5%
(16,981)
44.4%
(39,224)
5.0%
(1,944)
55.6%
(16,726)
44.4%
(13,381)
50.7%
(32,068)
6.1%
(1,961)
53.4%
(14,140)
46.6%
(12,335)
54.4%
(28,402)
6.8%
(1,927)
53.2%
(13,496)
46.8%
(11,887)
52.7%
(26,841)
5.4%
(1,458)
55.1%
(16,369)
44.9%
(13,322)
46.0%
(31,499)
5.7%
(1,808)
53.5%
(11,600)
46.5%
(10,086)
48.8%
(22,968)
5.6%
(1,282)
54.3%
(20,215)
45.7%
(16,992)
47.7%
(39,408)
5.6%
(2,201)
52.2%
(17,777)
47.8%
(16,305)
45.6%
(35,639)
4.4%
(1,557)