Tenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1986

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Tenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1986

26 June 1986 (1986-06-26)
To remove the constitutional prohibition on divorce
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 538,279 36.52% No 935,843 63.48% Valid votes 1,474,122 99.43% Invalid or blank votes 8,522 0.57% Total votes 1,482,644 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 2,436,836 60.84%

The Tenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1986 (bill no. 15 of 1986) was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Ireland to remove the prohibition on divorce. The proposal was rejected in a referendum on 26 June 1986. It was the first of two referendums held in Ireland on the question of divorce; the Fifteenth Amendment in 1995 allowed for divorce under specified conditions.