Question

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled ‘Constitution Alteration (Powers to deal with Communists and Communism) 1951’?

Constitution Alteration (Powers to deal with Communists and Communism) 1951 sought to give the Commonwealth Parliament power to make laws with respect to communists and communism where this was necessary for the security of the Commonwealth.

Australia. Referendum, 1951

State	Number on rolls	Ballot papers issued	For (v)	For (%)	Against (v)	Against (%)	Informal
1. New South Wales	1 944 219	1 861 147	865 838	47.17	969 868	52.83	25 441
2. Victoria	1 393 556	1 326 024	636 819	48.71	670 513	51.29	18 692
3. Queensland	709 328	675 916	373 156	55.76	296 019	44.24	6 741
4. South Australia	442 983	427 253	198 971	47.29	221 763	52.71	6 519
5. Western Australia	319 383	305 653	164 989	55.09	134 497	44.91	6 167
6. Tasmania	164 868	158 596	78 154	50.26	77 349	49.74	3 093
7. Total for Commonwealth	4 974 337	4 754 589*	2 317 927	49.44	2 370 009	50.56	66 653

* Including 9472 votes by members of the Forces, of which 6478 were for, 2912 against and 82 informal.
Obtained majority in three States and an overall minority of 52 082 votes.
Not carried