The only other national issue which was not a proposal to amend the Constitution was the poll for a national song, held on 21 May 1977. Voting was preferential as for a House of Representatives election, and after the distribution of preferences, Advance Australia Fair, became the national song.

National Song Poll, 21 May 1977

State/ Territory	Enrolment	First Preference Votes				Formal	Informal	Total
		God Save The Queen	Advance Australia Fair	Song of Australia	Waltzing Matilda
NSW	3,002,241	376,539 *15.15	1,277,853 *51.41	133,297 *5.36	697,748 *28.07	2,485,437	281,169	2,766,606
VIC	2,252,439	370,699 *20.46	728,349 *40.20	117,694 *6.50	595,010 *32.84	1,811,752	260,724	2,072,476
QLD	1,240,739	217,028 *21.22	469,278 *45.88	65,910 *6.44	270,518 *26.45	1,022,734	110,501	1,133,235
WA	682,441	122,556 *22.81	202,778 *37.73	84,232 *15.67	127,824 *23.79	537,390	76,036	613,426
SA	799,063	119,360 *17.91	160,648 *24.11	227,356 *34.12	159,011 *23.86	666,375	76,831	743,206
TAS	259,620	49,006 *22.31	92,491 *42.10	21,951 *9.99	56,252 *25.60	219,700	25,101	244,801
NT	38,209	679 *18.08	1,410 *37.55	533 *14.19	1,133 *30.17	3,755	171	3,926
ACT	120,875	1,468 *6.73	7,887 *36.14	1,863 *8.54	10,607 *48.60	21,825	373	22,198
TOTAL	8,395,627	1,257,335 *18.65	2,940,694 *43.61	652,836 *9.68	1,918,103 *28.45	6,768,968	830,906	7,599,874

* Percentage of first preference votes recorded in favour of the individual songs - to formal votes

Source: 1991 Parliamentary Handbook. Parliamentary Library