Voters in inner-city electorates held by federal independent 'teal' MPs have bucked the national trend by throwing their support behind an Indigenous voice.
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The proposal to enshrine a voice in the constitution failed at a state and national level, but there was strong backing across teal electorates in Sydney and Melbourne.
Allegra Spender's seat of Wentworth in Sydney's eastern suburbs had a 64 per cent 'yes' vote on Saturday night, while there was a 62 per cent 'yes' result in Zali Steggall's seat of Warringah in the city's northern beaches.
Similar results were seen in the teal seats of North Sydney and Mackellar, which had a 61 and 54 per cent 'yes' vote respectively.
In the two teal electorates in Melbourne, Kooyong MP Monique Ryan's seat returned a 63 per cent support for the voice, while there was 61 per cent in the seat of Goldstein, held by Zoe Daniel.
Ms Daniel said she was proud of the result in her seat but was "sad and disappointed" at the national rejection of constitutional change.
"The government, and people like me, have to take responsibility - we didn't communicate clearly enough," she told AAP.
"The government messaging and the 'yes' campaign messaging has been inconsistent and the 'no' campaign messaging was consistent and has been much easier to message.
"As a former foreign correspondent covering the election of Donald Trump, I know that negative messaging spread much faster than positive messaging."
Australian Associated Press
