This article is about the Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015. For the Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Fixed Period for the Duration of Dáil Éireann) Bill 2015, see
List of failed amendments to the Constitution of Ireland.
Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2015|
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Choice |
Votes |
% |
| Yes |
520,898 |
26.94% |
| No |
1,412,602 |
73.06% |
| Valid votes |
1,933,500 |
99.18% |
| Invalid or blank votes |
15,938 |
0.82% |
| Total votes |
1,949,438 |
100.00% |
| Registered voters/turnout |
3,221,681 |
60.51% |
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How the electorate voted, by constituency. Proportion of the valid poll voting no:
75.00%—80.00%
70.00%—74.99%
65.00%—69.99%
60.00%—64.99% |
The Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015 (bill no. 6 of 2015) was a proposed amendment to the constitution of Ireland to reduce the minimum age of candidacy for the office of President of Ireland from 35 to 21. The bill was introduced to the Oireachtas in January 2015 by the Fine Gael–Labour government, after which both houses of the Oireachtas passed the bill. The bill was rejected by the electorate in a referendum on 22 May 2015 by 73.1% against to 26.9% in favour.
