Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2015

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. This was the largest losing margin of any referendum in Ireland.

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
22 May 2015 (2015-05-22)
To reduce the minimum age of candidacy for the office of President from 35 to 21
Results
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%
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%
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