1972 The Voting Age:
Yes 84.6%  No 15.4%

Referendum on Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1972 (The voting age)

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Constituency Yes No Turnout Spoilt
National Result
84.6%
(724,836)
 15.4%
(131,514)
 50.7%
(903,439)
5.2%
(47,089)
Carlow–Kilkenny
87.1%
(26,688)
 12.9%
(3,966)
 55.2%
(32,787)
6.5%
(2,133)
Cavan
89.9%
(16,737)
 10.1%
(1,875)
 54.0%
(20,130)
7.5%
(1,518)
Clare
87.6%
(15,389)
 12.4%
(2,177)
 47.5%
(18,733)
6.2%
(1,167)
Clare–Galway South
89.8%
(15,425)
 10.2%
(1,759)
 52.5%
(18,281)
6.0%
(1,097)
Cork Mid
83.9%
(21,069)
 16.1%
(4,040)
 53.8%
(26,585)
5.6%
(1,476)
Cork North–East
83.7%
(21,521)
 16.3%
(4,201)
 54.8%
(27,417)
6.2%
(1,695)
Cork North–West
76.6%
(12,737)
 23.4%
(3,881)
 48.2%
(17,394)
4.5%
(776)
Cork South–East
76.6%
(14,561)
 23.4%
(4,436)
 54.1%
(19,729)
3.7%
(732)
Cork South–West
79.4%
(15,259)
 20.6%
(3,947)
 53.1%
(20,332)
5.5%
(1,126)
Donegal North–East
90.6%
(13,620)
 9.4%
(1,408)
 43.4%
(16,446)
8.6%
(1,418)
Donegal–Leitrim
90.8%
(15,092)
 9.2%
(1,538)
 46.2%
(17,800)
6.6%
(1,170)
Dublin Central
80.7%
(15,663)
 19.3%
(3,752)
 43.7%
(20,455)
5.1%
(1,040)
Dublin County North
84.3%
(23,386)
 15.7%
(4,370)
 48.6%
(28,569)
2.8%
(813)
Dublin County South
81.9%
(20,239)
 18.1%
(4,461)
 55.9%
(25,296)
2.4%
(596)
Dublin North–Central
79.4%
(18,734)
 20.6%
(4,850)
 49.5%
(24,293)
2.9%
(709)
Dublin North–East
83.1%
(23,801)
 16.9%
(4,835)
 52.9%
(29,357)
2.5%
(721)
Dublin North–West
82.5%
(16,419)
 17.5%
(3,471)
 46.5%
(20,645)
3.7%
(755)
Dublin South–Central
79.1%
(18,915)
 20.9%
(4,983)
 48.6%
(24,511)
2.5%
(613)
Dublin South–East
79.2%
(14,485)
 20.8%
(3,809)
 50.4%
(19,056)
4.0%
(762)
Dublin South–West
84.1%
(14,942)
 15.9%
(2,831)
 44.8%
(18,690)
4.9%
(917)
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown
81.0%
(25,656)
 19.0%
(6,032)
 57.7%
(32,379)
2.1%
(691)
Galway North–East
91.4%
(13,856)
 8.6%
(1,296)
 47.1%
(16,167)
6.3%
(1,015)
Galway West
86.5%
(12,747)
 13.5%
(1,981)
 42.6%
(15,347)
4.0%
(619)
Kerry North
87.9%
(13,088)
 12.1%
(1,801)
 43.0%
(15,908)
6.4%
(1,019)
Kerry South
88.7%
(12,967)
 11.3%
(1,652)
 43.2%
(15,711)
7.0%
(1,092)
Kildare
87.1%
(16,851)
 12.9%
(2,492)
 50.6%
(20,259)
4.5%
(916)
Laois–Offaly
86.3%
(25,663)
 13.7%
(4,079)
 55.0%
(31,012)
4.1%
(1,270)
Limerick East
78.7%
(19,074)
 21.3%
(5,177)
 54.5%
(25,610)
5.3%
(1,359)
Limerick West
86.7%
(16,621)
 13.3%
(2,548)
 56.4%
(20,263)
5.4%
(1,094)
Longford–Westmeath
86.3%
(18,738)
 13.7%
(2,964)
 49.4%
(23,284)
6.8%
(1,582)
Louth
84.5%
(16,249)
 15.5%
(2,984)
 50.4%
(20,292)
5.2%
(1,059)
Mayo East
91.6%
(13,830)
 8.4%
(1,271)
 46.2%
(16,073)
6.0%
(972)
Mayo West
90.6%
(12,734)
 9.4%
(1,321)
 44.3%
(15,096)
6.9%
(1,041)
Meath
85.5%
(15,665)
 14.5%
(2,665)
 50.2%
(19,602)
6.5%
(1,272)
Monaghan
88.1%
(14,000)
 11.9%
(1,899)
 47.3%
(17,116)
7.1%
(1,217)
Roscommon–Leitrim
88.6%
(15,827)
 11.4%
(2,035)
 51.3%
(19,333)
7.6%
(1,471)
Sligo–Leitrim
87.6%
(15,068)
 12.4%
(2,129)
 48.8%
(18,569)
7.4%
(1,372)
Tipperary North
85.1%
(15,862)
 14.9%
(2,780)
 58.0%
(20,173)
7.6%
(1,531)
Tipperary South
84.3%
(21,342)
 15.7%
(3,963)
 58.6%
(27,020)
6.3%
(1,715)
Waterford
83.9%
(16,836)
 16.1%
(3,241)
 53.6%
(21,178)
5.2%
(1,101)
Wexford
86.1%
(21,121)
 13.9%
(3,408)
 52.3%
(26,071)
5.9%
(1,542)
Wicklow
83.6%
(16,359)
 16.4%
(3,206)
 52.0%
(20,470)
4.4%
(905)