Here’s how every constituency voted.
Ireland has voted to repeal the Eight Amendment after 66.4% of the country voted Yes.
During the press conference that announced the result, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that “I said in recent days that this was a once in a generation vote. Today I believe we have voted for the next generation. To those who voted No I know today is not welcome … I would like to reassure you that Ireland will still be the same country today as it was before, just a little more tolerant, open and respectful.”
Dublin Bay South had the highest percentage of yes votes with a figure of 78.5%. Dun Laoghaire and Dublin Fingal were also in the top 3.
In fact, nine of the top 10 constituencies that voted yes were all in the Dublin area.
The ten constituencies with the highest % Yes vote | https://t.co/2gaRjiRaI6 pic.twitter.com/JdSoe61CnN
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) May 26, 2018
With regards to the specific breakdown of each constituency and county, here are the results- via RTE
Carlow-Kilkenny
YES 63.5% NO 36.5%
Cavan-Monaghan
YES 55.5% NO 44.5%
Clare
YES 64.3% NO 35.7%
Cork East
YES 64.1% NO 35.9%
Cork North-Central
YES 64.0% NO 36.0%
Cork North-West
YES 60.1% NO 39.9%
Cork South-Central
YES 68.8% NO 31.2%
Cork South-West
YES 64.5% NO 35.5%
Donegal
YES 48.1% NO 51.9%
Dublin Bay North
YES 74.7% NO 25.3%
Dublin Bay South
YES 78.5% NO 21.5%
Dublin Central
YES 76.5% NO 23.5%
Dublin Fingal
YES 77.0% NO 23.0%
Dublin Mid-West
YES 73.3% NO 26.7%
Dublin North-West
YES 73.1% NO 26.9%
Dublin Rathdown
YES 76.1% NO 23.9%
Dublin South-Central
YES 74.8% NO 25.2%
Dublin South-West
YES 74.9% NO 25.1%
Dublin West
YES 74.0% NO 26.0%
Dún Laoghaire
YES 77.1% NO 22.9%
Galway East
YES 60.2% NO 39.8%
Galway West
YES 65.9% NO 34.1%
Kerry
YES 58.3% NO 41.7%
Kildare North
YES 73.6% NO 26.4%
Kildare South
YES 70.7% NO 29.3%
Laois
YES 61.4% NO 38.6%
Limerick City
YES 66.9% NO 33.1%
Limerick County
YES 58.1% NO 41.9%
Longford-Westmeath
YES 58.3% NO 41.7%
Louth
YES 66.6% NO 33.4%
Mayo
YES 57.1% NO 42.9%
Meath East
YES 69.2% NO 30.8%
Meath West
YES 64.0% NO 36.0%
Offaly
YES 58.1% NO 41.9%
Roscommon-Galway
YES 57.2% NO 42.8%
Sligo-Leitrim
YES 59.4% NO 40.6%
Tipperary
YES 59.1% NO 40.9%
Waterford
YES 69.4% NO 30.6%
Wexford
YES 68.4% NO 31.6%
Wicklow
YES 74.3% NO 25.7%
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