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Four-fifths of Donegal voters reject referendums

80.21% of voters in Donegal voted No, with just 19.79% voting in favour.
80.21% of voters in Donegal voted No, with just 19.79% voting in favour.

Donegal has recorded the highest percentage of No votes in both the Family and Care referendums, with more than four out of five voters rejecting the proposals.

80.21% of voters in Donegal voted No in the Family referendum, with just 19.79% voting in favour - a margin of 29,512 votes.

While all but one constituency voted No, Donegal was one of a number to return No votes above 75%.

Just over 78% of voters in Cavan-Monaghan voted No, while 75.71% of voters in Laois-Offaly were against the proposal.

In Mayo, 75.55% of the electorate voted No.

Dún Laoghaire in south Dublin was the only constituency to vote Yes, with 50.29% in favour and 49.71% against - a margin of just 255 votes.

In a neighbouring Dublin constituency - Dublin Rathdown - the amendment was narrowly defeated by a margin of 371 votes where 50.6% voted Yes and 49.4% voted No.

In the second referendum, on Care, Donegal again lead the way with 83.97% of voters rejecting the proposal.

There was a similar trend to the Family referendum, with both Cavan-Monaghan (81.25%) and Laois-Offaly (80%) also surpassing the four-in-five threshold.

All 39 constituencies appear likely to reject the Care referendum.