Twentieth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland

Twentieth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland

11 June 1999 (1999-06-11)
To provide constitutional recognition of local government
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 1,024,850 77.83% No 291,965 22.17% Valid votes 1,316,815 92.35% Invalid or blank votes 109,066 7.65% Total votes 1,425,881 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 2,791,415 51.08%

The Twentieth Amendment of the Constitution Act 2001 is an amendment to the Constitution of Ireland which provided constitutional recognition of local government and required that local government elections occur at least once in every five years. It was approved by referendum on 11 June 1999 and signed into law on 23 June of the same year. The referendum was held the same day as the local and European Parliament elections.