Voters in the Eurobodalla electorates of Eden-Monaro and Gilmore have followed the national trend and voted “Yes” for marriage equality in the national plebiscite.
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Eden-Monaro voters were slightly higher than the national result of 61.6 per cent with 64.9 per cent Yes, while Gilmore voters were on par with 62 per cent Yes.
Of the eligible Australians who expressed a view on this question, the majority indicated that the law should be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry, with 7,817,247 (61.6 per cent) responding Yes and 4,873,987 (38.4 per cent) responding No. Nearly eight-out-of-10 eligible Australians (79.5 per cent) expressed their view.
All states and territories recorded a majority Yes response and 133 of the 150 Federal Electoral Divisions recorded a majority Yes response, and 17 of the 150 Federal Electoral Divisions recorded a majority No response.
Check out the full results at https://marriagesurvey.abs.gov.au/