He backed same-sex marriage before former President Barack Obama, for whom he served.

Ishikawa said his election showed that a growing number of Japanese people backed same-sex marriage.

Prejean drew support from gay marriage opponents, and she angered those who backed same-sex weddings.

Voters in Wentworth overwhelmingly backed same-sex marriage and Mr Turnbull remains a very popular local figure.

Australian voters have delivered their verdict: 61.6% of voters backed same-sex marriage and 38.4% voted no.