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Referendum of 10 June 1999
20th Amendment
Recognition for Local Government

YES
1,024,850

77.83%

NO
291,965

22.17%

This amendment was ACCEPTED

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Full Results

		Turnout		Spoilt		Valid		For		Against		Margin
Council	Electorate	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	Share	Votes	Share	Votes	%

Dublin City Council	351,188	124,105	35.34%	6,162	4.97%	117,943	33.58%	87,558	74.24%	30,385	25.76%	57,173	48.48%
Cork Southern County Council	136,188	71,437	52.45%	5,504	7.70%	65,933	48.41%	51,761	78.51%	14,172	21.49%	37,589	57.01%
Donegal County Council	105,236	65,225	61.98%	4,782	7.33%	60,443	57.44%	46,669	77.21%	13,774	22.79%	32,895	54.42%
Kerry County Council	100,272	63,442	63.27%	6,760	10.66%	56,682	56.53%	44,189	77.96%	12,493	22.04%	31,696	55.92%
Galway County Council	103,728	60,618	58.44%	6,516	10.75%	54,102	52.16%	43,512	80.43%	10,590	19.57%	32,922	60.85%
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council	146,036	57,059	39.07%	2,583	4.53%	54,476	37.30%	42,606	78.21%	11,870	21.79%	30,736	56.42%
Mayo County Council	87,636	56,502	64.47%	5,063	8.96%	51,439	58.70%	42,538	82.70%	8,901	17.30%	33,637	65.39%
South Dublin County Council	160,517	54,592	34.01%	2,542	4.66%	52,050	32.43%	38,824	74.59%	13,226	25.41%	25,598	49.18%
Limerick County Council	86,420	48,409	56.02%	4,934	10.19%	43,475	50.31%	34,364	79.04%	9,111	20.96%	25,253	58.09%
Fingal County Council	121,929	47,647	39.08%	2,391	5.02%	45,256	37.12%	34,180	75.53%	11,076	24.47%	23,104	51.05%
Kildare County Council	102,867	46,058	44.77%	2,711	5.89%	43,347	42.14%	33,939	78.30%	9,408	21.70%	24,531	56.59%
Clare County Council	75,542	45,365	60.05%	4,021	8.86%	41,344	54.73%	32,618	78.89%	8,726	21.11%	23,892	57.79%
Meath County Council	94,558	44,113	46.65%	3,089	7.00%	41,024	43.39%	32,210	78.52%	8,814	21.48%	23,396	57.03%
Cork City Council	91,255	42,800	46.90%	2,567	6.00%	40,233	44.09%	31,375	77.98%	8,858	22.02%	22,517	55.97%
Wexford County Council	85,172	43,491	51.06%	3,403	7.82%	40,088	47.07%	30,772	76.76%	9,316	23.24%	21,456	53.52%
Wicklow County Council	79,182	40,843	51.58%	2,710	6.64%	38,133	48.16%	28,830	75.60%	9,303	24.40%	19,527	51.21%
Tipperary South Riding County Council	58,106	37,189	64.00%	3,097	8.33%	34,092	58.67%	26,932	79.00%	7,160	21.00%	19,772	58.00%
Cork Northern County Council	58,242	36,615	62.87%	3,863	10.55%	32,752	56.23%	26,053	79.55%	6,699	20.45%	19,354	59.09%
Louth County Council	73,906	35,731	48.35%	2,139	5.99%	33,592	45.45%	25,553	76.07%	8,039	23.93%	17,514	52.14%
Kilkenny County Council	57,167	32,164	56.26%	2,518	7.83%	29,646	51.86%	23,411	78.97%	6,235	21.03%	17,176	57.94%
Tipperary North Riding County Council	46,434	31,244	67.29%	2,626	8.40%	28,618	61.63%	22,708	79.35%	5,910	20.65%	16,798	58.70%
Sligo County Council	43,546	30,180	69.31%	2,291	7.59%	27,889	64.04%	22,053	79.07%	5,836	20.93%	16,217	58.15%
Roscommon County Council	40,814	28,432	69.66%	2,265	7.97%	26,167	64.11%	20,971	80.14%	5,196	19.86%	15,775	60.29%
Cavan County Council	43,134	27,681	64.17%	2,231	8.06%	25,450	59.00%	20,028	78.70%	5,422	21.30%	14,606	57.39%
Offaly County Council	46,117	26,397	57.24%	1,992	7.55%	24,405	52.92%	19,133	78.40%	5,272	21.60%	13,861	56.80%
Monaghan County Council	41,172	27,167	65.98%	2,577	9.49%	24,590	59.73%	18,879	76.78%	5,711	23.22%	13,168	53.55%
Westmeath County Council	49,061	25,881	52.75%	1,936	7.48%	23,945	48.81%	18,666	77.95%	5,279	22.05%	13,387	55.91%
Cork Western County Council	37,426	24,533	65.55%	2,205	8.99%	22,328	59.66%	18,143	81.26%	4,185	18.74%	13,958	62.51%
Laois County Council	40,820	25,485	62.43%	2,152	8.44%	23,333	57.16%	17,643	75.61%	5,690	24.39%	11,953	51.23%
Waterford County Council	41,934	25,950	61.88%	3,579	13.79%	22,371	53.35%	17,475	78.11%	4,896	21.89%	12,579	56.23%
Limerick City Council	37,816	18,135	47.96%	1,255	6.92%	16,880	44.64%	12,849	76.12%	4,031	23.88%	8,818	52.24%
Carlow County Council	34,074	17,560	51.53%	1,257	7.16%	16,303	47.85%	12,403	76.08%	3,900	23.92%	8,503	52.16%
Galway City Council	38,846	17,268	44.45%	1,650	9.56%	15,618	40.20%	12,318	78.87%	3,300	21.13%	9,018	57.74%
Longford County Council	24,385	17,304	70.96%	1,638	9.47%	15,666	64.24%	12,213	77.96%	3,453	22.04%	8,760	55.92%
Leitrim County Council	21,232	16,010	75.41%	1,163	7.26%	14,847	69.93%	11,875	79.98%	2,972	20.02%	8,903	59.96%
Waterford City Council	29,451	13,249	44.99%	894	6.75%	12,355	41.95%	9,599	77.69%	2,756	22.31%	6,843	55.39%

TOTAL	2,791,409	1,425,881	51.08%	109,066	7.65%	1,316,815	47.17%	1,024,850	77.83%	291,965	22.17%	732,885	55.66%

		Turnout		Spoilt		Valid		For		Against		Margin
Region	Electorate	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	Share	Votes	Share	Votes	%

Dublin	511,705	178,697	34.92%	8,704	4.87%	169,993	33.22%	126,382	74.35%	43,611	25.65%	82,771	48.69%
Rest of Leinster	596,068	305,303	51.22%	21,770	7.13%	283,533	47.57%	218,959	77.23%	64,574	22.77%	154,385	54.45%
Munster	400,433	237,618	59.34%	23,145	9.74%	214,473	53.56%	168,116	78.39%	46,357	21.61%	121,759	56.77%
Connaught Ulster	335,802	209,010	62.24%	18,948	9.07%	190,062	56.60%	153,267	80.64%	36,795	19.36%	116,472	61.28%

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Referendum of 10 June 199920th AmendmentRecognition for Local Government

YES1,024,850

77.83%

NO291,965

22.17%

This amendment was ACCEPTED

Click for Referendum Details

Full Results

Referendum of 10 June 1999
20th Amendment
Recognition for Local Government

YES
1,024,850

NO
291,965