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Australia as a whole said yes - but how did your state and federal seat vote?

AUSTRALIA has said yes to same-sex marriage - but the results varied across federal electorates. Find out what the voters said in your seat and state.

Australia says YES in same-sex marriage survey

VICTORIA is the state most supportive of same-sex marriage, the postal survey results show.

Almost 65 per cent of Victorians voted yes, while New South Wales recorded the lowest support with a yes vote of 57.8 per cent.

Among all states and territories, the ACT had the strongest yes vote of 74 per cent.

Of the 17 out of 150 federal electorates that recorded a no vote, 12 of them were from NSW, three from Queensland and two from Victoria. All other states’ electorates had a clean sweep of yes votes.

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating’s electorate of Blaxland, in Sydney, had the highest proportion of no votes at 73.9 per cent.

The electorate of Sydney, home of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, had the highest proportion of yes votes at 83.7 per cent.

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STATE BY STATE:

New South Wales

Yes — 57.8%

No — 42.2%

Victoria

Yes — 64.9%

No — 35.1%

Queensland

Yes — 60.7%

No — 39.3%

South Australia

Yes — 62.5%

No — 37.5%

Western Australia

Yes — 63.7%

No — 36.3%

Tasmania

Yes — 63.6%

No — 36.4%

Northern Territory

Yes — 60.6%

No — 39.4%

Australian Capital Territory

Yes — 74%

No — 26%

National

Yes — 61.6%

No — 38.4%

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