New Zealand justice referendum, 1999

The justice referendum of 1999 was a Citizens Initiated Referendum held in New Zealand on November 27, 1999, based on the question:

"Should there be a reform of our justice system placing greater emphasis on the needs of victims, providing restitution and compensation for them and imposing minimum sentences and hard labour for all serious violent offences?"

As a citizens initiated referendum, the results of the vote were non-binding on the New Zealand government. As a result, the changes suggested in the referendum question were not implemented.

Results

Electorate	Yes Y		No N		Total valid votes	Informal votes	Total votes counted	Electors on Roll	Turnout
Total[1]	91.75%	1,886,705	8.25%	169,699	2,056,404	22,849	2,079,253	2,509,365	82.86%
Albany	93.17%	31,959	6.83%	2,341	34,300	307	34,607	41,815	82.76%
Aoraki	94.18%	32,026	5.82%	1,980	34,006	334	34,340	39,665	86.58%
Auckland Central	83.56%	26,116	16.44%	5,138	31,254	642	31,896	39,934	79.87%
Banks Peninsula	89.20%	33,305	10.80%	4,034	37,339	399	37,738	42,584	88.62%
Bay of Plenty	95.05%	32,786	4.95%	1,709	34,495	262	34,757	41,630	83.49%
Christchurch Central	88.69%	28,727	11.31%	3,664	32,391	405	32,796	40,083	81.82%
Christchurch East	93.36%	30,073	6.64%	2,138	32,211	243	32,454	38,061	85.27%

References

1. ^ "7.1 Returns of Citizens Initiated Referendum Poll Votes" (PDF). Elections New Zealand. November 27, 1999 (1999-11-27). http://electionresults.org.nz/electionresults_1999/e9/html/e9_partXIV.html. Retrieved January 7, 2010.